[Tutor] reverse a number (was no subject)

[Chris Kassopulo]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 17:39:48 +0530
"Anand Ramakrishna" <anandrs@hexaware.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>     I am having a strange problem with my python code for reversing a
>     number. I tried it on a few combinations and works fine with most
>     of them except when the number starts in '1'. If I give input as
>     123 it reverses and displays as 442. If I give input as 12 it
>     reverses and displays as 12. Where as if I give any other number,
>     it reverses properly and displays the correct result. The code is
>     pasted below.
>  
>  
>  
> print 'This program accepts a number and then reverses it'
> number = int(raw_input("Enter a number = "))
> temp_var = 0
>  
> while (number/10) > 1 :
>   temp_var = (temp_var*10) + (number%10)
>   number = number/10
> else:
>   temp_var = (temp_var*10) + number
>   print 'The reversed number is ', temp_var 
>  
>  
> 
> Anbudan, 
> Anand~ 
>   
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