Python program to print letter in an array backwards

Question

I have to print letters from an array backwards. I got all the letters to be backwards but I realized I used the sort method and I'm not allowed to use it. I can't figure out any other way. Any suggestions?

The output should be:

w

v

u

t

.
.
.

g

f

This is the code I have so far:

letter = ['f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w']
letter.sort(reverse=True)





for i in range(len(letter)):
print(letter[i])

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6473679/transpose-list-of-lists — Dr. H. Lecter, Mar 09 '20 at 11:54
@navodithshankar To keep names explicit, you should name your list `letters` and iterate `for letter in letters`. Often there is no need to use an index in Python. — Guimoute, Mar 09 '20 at 11:54
[Reverse a string without using function](https://stackoverflow.com/q/18686860/1324033) — Sayse, Mar 09 '20 at 11:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:50

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letter = ['f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w']
letter[::-1]

OR

reverseletter=letter[::-1]

answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:50

Manjunath Rao

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:53

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letters = 'fghijklmnopqrstuvw'

for letter in reversed(letters):
    print(letter)

Strings work like lists. A string is a list of characters.
reversed() can be used to reverse the order of a list.
There is no need to use range()

answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:53

Tomalak

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kederrac · Answer 3 · 2020-03-09T12:24:44.733

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you can use use the built-in function reversed :

print(*reversed(letter), sep='\n')

output:

w
v
u
t
s
r
q
p
o
n
m
l
k
j
i
h
g
f

*reversed(letter) will give as non-keyword arguments all the letters in reverse order for the print built-in function
the keyword argument sep='\n' will ensure that all the letters will be printed on a separate line

edited Mar 09 '20 at 12:24

answered Mar 09 '20 at 12:06

kederrac

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:51

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To reverse a list you can use.

Slicing [::-1]

for i in letters[::-1]:
    print(i)

You can use reversed.

for i in reversed(letter):
    print(i)

Note: reversed spits an iterator.

answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:51

Ch3steR

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:53

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you can use revered() method to print it in reverse order such as below

letter = ['f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w']

for i in reversed(letter): 
    print(i)

answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:53

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:55

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letterrev=letter[::-1]

for i in letterrev: print(i)

use this one

answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:55

Shainsha

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 09 '20 at 13:17

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You can directly use list indexing or slicing such as:

letter = ['f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w']

print(letter[::-1])

edited Mar 09 '20 at 13:17

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answered Mar 09 '20 at 12:36

Harsh Udai

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Python program to print letter in an array backwards

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