Why list is used while printing? Without using list why can't we just print the reverse string?
My code:
name = "prajwal"
name1 = reversed(name)
print(list(name1))
#result:
['l', 'a', 'w', 'j', 'a', 'r', 'p']
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Adirio
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Which python version, 2 or 3? – Adirio Sep 03 '20 at 12:18
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reversed return a reversed class.you can check it by type(reversed(name)) try this. print(*name1) – Janith Sep 03 '20 at 12:18
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Does this answer your question? [Reverse a string in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/931092/reverse-a-string-in-python) – sushanth Sep 03 '20 at 12:38
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The reversed function returns an iterator, not a string. Iterators are special Python objects made to iterate over something (that may be more complicated than a list or a string). You can learn more here.
If you want to reverse a string you can do:
name1 = name[::-1]
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`reversed` is actually a class; calling it can return an instance of `reversed`, or an instance of some other type according to its argument's `__reversed__` method. In any case, that object will implement the iterator protocol, which just means it can be passed to `iter` to get an iterable object. – chepner Sep 03 '20 at 12:23
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