[Tutor] Hmm...I should be able to figure this out...but... (original) (raw)

Steven Combs scombs at ivytech.edu
Tue Jul 20 21:22:09 CEST 2004

I am using the following code to simply take user input and return the results backwards.

Initialize Variables

string = "" stringlength = 0

Begin Program

string = raw_input("Enter a string and I will display it backwards.\n") stringlength = len(string)

for i in range (stringlength, 0, -1): print string [i - 1],

print "\n"

raw_input("\nPress the enter key to exit")

It works, but it places a space in between the characters displayed.
For instance, if the string entered is:

Test

the results are displayed

t s e T

I tried using "\b" to backspace after each character is displayed, but this didn't work. I'm embarrassed to admit that I am trying to give this as an assignment for a basic computer programming course I teach (I'm stilling trying to learn the finer points of Python myself). I know I could use other commands, but I have to limit the command set for the students at this stage in their programming section (we have yet to discuss mutability and immutability) Any suggestion for an easy fix?

Steven

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