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Reverse a String With Basics
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Reverse a String With Basics

EasyPython

Problem

How would you reverse a string using basic fundamentals?

Implement reverse_string(s) without using a built-in string-reversal method. The function receives a string and returns a new string containing the characters in reverse order.

Function: reverse_string(s)

Input: A string s.

Output: The reversed string. Preserve spaces, punctuation, letter case, and all character occurrences.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(s) <= 1000
  • s may contain letters, spaces, punctuation, and digits
  • Return a string containing exactly the same characters as s in reverse order

Function Signature

def reverse_string(s):
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