invert or reverse a string... warning this is a rant

[Demel, Jeff]

Paul wrote:
>"".join(sum(map(list,zip(s,s[len(s)/2:])),[]))
>
>perhaps?

Not quite as elegant as a "string.shuffle" would be, am I right?

-Jeff
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