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Reverse List in Python

Reverse a list in-place using slicing.

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reverse-list.py
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1# Program to reverse a list
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3items = input("Enter list elements separated by space: ").split()
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5reversed_items = items[::-1]
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7print("Reversed list:", reversed_items)

Output

Enter list elements separated by space: 1 2 3
Reversed list: ['3', '2', '1']

What's going on

We use slicing items[::-1] to create a reversed copy of the list.

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