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How to reverse a list in python?

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How do you reverse a list in Python?

There are 2 good ways to reverse a list.

  1. Slicing
  2. reverse method

1. Slicing: Generates new list and original list won't be updated. 

In [1]: chars = list('abdbbef')

In [2]: chars[::-1]
Out[2]: ['f', 'e', 'b', 'b', 'd', 'b', 'a']
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2. Reverse method: reverse method modifies the original list. 

In [3]: chars.reverse()

In [4]: chars
Out[4]: ['f', 'e', 'b', 'b', 'd', 'b', 'a']
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Which method do you prefer? Share your views in the comments.

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Nanashi. • • Edited

My answer is reversed(iterable).
This don't modify original

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Sherry Day •

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Afiz •

Thanks for your kind words. Sure I will keep posting the content like this.