[Tutor] string reversal using [::-1]

[Alan Gauld]

On 10/06/17 17:39, Vikas YADAV wrote:
> Question: Why does "123"[::-1] result in "321"?
> 
> MY thinking is [::-1] is same as [0:3:-1], that the empty places defaults to
> start and end index of the string object.

Did you try that? You may be surprised.
The wonderful thing about the >>> prompt is that it's as quick
to try it out as to guess.

Look in the archives for a recent post by Steven(29/5,
"Counting a string backwards") that explains slicing,
it may help.

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