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January 26, 2018 17:39
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A simple python function to reverse a list in place.
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def reverse_it(arr): | |
if not arr: | |
return | |
high, low = len(arr) - 1 , 0 | |
while high > low: | |
arr[low], arr[high] = arr[high], arr[low] | |
high, low = high - 1, low + 1 | |
return arr | |
a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] | |
b = [ 10, 9, 8, 7, 6] | |
print(reverse_it(a)) # [5, 4, 3, 2, 1] | |
print(reverse_it(b)) # [6, 7, 8, 9, 10] | |
print(reverse_it([1, 2])) # [2, 1] | |
print(reverse_it([1])) # [1] |
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