[Tutor] Working with strings

[Kalle Svensson]

Sez Pedro Diaz Jimenez:
> >>> def backword(s):
> ...     index = len(s)-1
> ...     while index >= 0:
> ...             print s[index],
> ...             index = index-1
> ...
> >>> backword("hola")
> a l o h
> >>>
> 
[would like a recursive version]

def backword(s):
    if s:
        print s[-1],
        backword(s[:-1])

I might have written the iterative version like this:

def backword(s):
    while s:
        print s[-1],
	s = s[:-1]

Peace,
  Kalle
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