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Reverse a Python String Recursively
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Reverse a Python String Recursively

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Problem

How would you reverse a Python string using recursion?

Implement reverse_string(s) so it returns the characters of s in reverse order without using Python's built-in reverse operations. The input is a string, and the output must be a string. Preserve spaces, punctuation, casing, and Unicode characters.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(s) <= 10^4
  • s contains valid Python Unicode characters
  • Do not use reversed(), slicing with a step of -1, or an iterative loop to perform the reversal

Function Signature

def reverse_string(s):
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