[Tutor] [Re] Fwd: Strings backwards

[Victor Bouffier]

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 16:49 -0500, Orri Ganel wrote:
> Victor Bouffier wrote:
> 
> >I had to do the string-to-list-then-reverse-string-then-back-to-string
> >process myself before knowing about this marvelous operand.
> >It works on tuples (all immutable objects) too:
> >
> [SNIP]
> 
> Not all immutable objects, just those that define __getslice__ 
> (basically, those that use indexes: sequences).  Ints, for example, are 
> immutable and don't work:
> 
>  >>> 12[::-1]
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#23>", line 1, in -toplevel-
>     12[::-1]
> TypeError: unsubscriptable object
> 
> 
>  - Orri
> 
I see.
Thanks for the correction Orri
Victor