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to Reverse String in the Python Track

Published at Jul 13 2018 · 0 comments
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Solution

Reverse a string

For example: input: "cool" output: "looc"

Exception messages

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Running the tests

To run the tests, run pytest reverse_string_test.py

Alternatively, you can tell Python to run the pytest module: python -m pytest reverse_string_test.py

Common pytest options

  • -v : enable verbose output
  • -x : stop running tests on first failure
  • --ff : run failures from previous test before running other test cases

For other options, see python -m pytest -h

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Source

Introductory challenge to reverse an input string https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-reverse-a-string-in-javascript-in-3-different-ways-75e4763c68cb

Submitting Incomplete Solutions

It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

reverse_string_test.py

import unittest

from reverse_string import reverse

# Tests adapted from `problem-specifications//canonical-data.json`


class ReverseStringTest(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_an_empty_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(reverse(""), "")

    def test_a_word(self):
        self.assertEqual(reverse("robot"), "tobor")

    def test_a_capitalized_word(self):
        self.assertEqual(reverse("Ramen"), "nemaR")

    def test_a_sentence_with_punctuation(self):
        self.assertEqual(reverse("I'm hungry!"), "!yrgnuh m'I")

    def test_a_palindrome(self):
        self.assertEqual(reverse("racecar"), "racecar")

    def test_an_even_sized_word(self):
        self.assertEqual(reverse("drawer"), "reward")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()
def reverse(input=''):
    reversed_str = list()
    chars = list(input)
    while len(chars) > 0:
        ch = chars.pop(-1)
        reversed_str.append(ch)
    return ''.join(reversed_str)

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