I was reading this article on how to reverse a string in python, I understood the concept. But when I am trying to implement the same I am having doubts.

The Problem -

I can not use ".join(reversed(string)) or string[::-1] methods here so it's a bit tricky.

My code looks something like this:

def reverse(text):
    while len(text) > 0:
        print text[(len(text)) - 1],
        del(text[(len(text)) - 1]

I use the , to print out every single letter in text on the same line!

I get invalid syntax on del(text[(len(text)) - 1]

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

Hi.

This community is mainly for Python 3 (specifically on z/OS), as it looks like you're using Python 2 which is no longer supported, so we'd recommend using the newer version of Python. But for your question - you can find multiple answers here - https://stackoverflow.com/a/27843760/15424126 (specifically the function "reverse_a_string_slowly"). The answer provided defines a function which reverses the string manually.

Thanks,

Steven

def reverse(text):    while len(text) > 0:        print text[(len(text)) - 1],        del(text[(len(text)) - 1]