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Python

Posted by Hara Gopal K
Hara Gopal K
Courses Plus Student 10,027 Points

Fictional Python: Create a function named reverse: Challenge Task 1 of 2

this code works in my shell but not in the challenge screen. Can someone please help:

backwards = [
    'tac',
    'esuoheerT',
    'htenneK',
    [5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
]

def reverse (iter1):

    for item in iter1:
        return item[::-1]

1 Answer

jacinator
jacinator
11,936 Points
jacinator
jacinator
11,936 Points

Your problem is that you're telling a forloop to return you something. It won't. return exits the function and it won't run anymore, so your problem is that it's completing the first iteration of the loop and then it's done.

Hara Gopal K
Hara Gopal K
Courses Plus Student 10,027 Points

Hi jacinator,

Thank you. that was helpful. i tried something else, it didn't seem to work either. Works in my shell. The error was : reverse didn't accept an argument

def reverse (itr):

    new = []
    for item in itr:
        item = item[::-1]
        new.append(item)

    return new