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Python

Posted by Geovany Martinez
Geovany Martinez
7,727 Points

reverse a string of words in python

Hello,

I hope that someone can help me with this. I am having a logical error. I need the following string to be written backwards. I want something like "Does anything rhyme with orange?" to have an output of "Orange? with rhyme anything does."

This is what I have so far, but the output displays nothing:

def revereString(orgString):

for chr in orgString:

    getWord = ""
    newStr = ""
    getWord = getWord + chr

    if chr == " ":

        getWord = ""
        newStr = getWord + newStr

return "New String: " + newStr

1 Answer

cb123
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cb123
Courses Plus Student 9,858 Points
cb123
cb123
Courses Plus Student 9,858 Points

I tackled the how to reverse a string, not sure if its optimal. I didn't tackle the nuances of capitalization or punctuation so its not exact. Hopefully the reverse order gets you in the right direction.

''' python def reverseString(orgString):

#Convert String to List and Reverse Order
orgString_to_list = orgString.split()
reverse_list = orgString_to_list[::-1]
reverse_string=""

#Build reverse string from list
for item in reverse_list:
    reverse_string += " {}".format(item)

#Output
print(reverse_string)
return "New String:" + reverse_string

str = "Does anything rhyme with orange?" reverseString(str) '''

Geovany Martinez
Geovany Martinez
7,727 Points

Thank you. I was thinking along the lines of converting the string into a list as well. This was an exercise for one of my courses and it states that the program has all the statements needed, but some of them are in the wrong position. I feel like I'm overthinking it and not seeing how simple this fix can be.