Read words backwards using python

Question

I want to make a program that reads a text file from my directory and prints out the words backwards.

for example: My text file contains this sentance: "Others follow the British historian A. J. P. Taylor"

using this code:

f=open('c:/Python27/ww2.txt','r')
print f.readline()

it will print this: "Others follow the British historian A. J. P. Taylor"

What I want to print is this: "rolyaT .P.J.A niarotsih hsitirB eht wollof srethO"

How can I accomplish this?

Gee, if only there was a way to have `sorted` lists and then `reverse` them in Python.... — , Jan 22 '15 at 21:16
possible duplicate of [Reverse a string in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/931092/reverse-a-string-in-python) — , Jan 22 '15 at 21:34
possible duplicate of [Read a file in reverse order using python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2301789/read-a-file-in-reverse-order-using-python) — alvas, Jan 22 '15 at 21:43

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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print f.readline()[::-1]

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

Community

answered Jan 22 '15 at 21:16

MrAlexBailey

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '15 at 21:18

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If I understood your question, just use reverse string indexing. it should look like this:

s="Whatever"
print s[::-1]

It will then print s backwards

answered Jan 22 '15 at 21:18

Chris Nguyen

2 Answers2