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Re: how do you make a loop run in reverse?

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From Xavier Ho <contact@xavierho.com>
Date 2013-03-27 11:19 +1100
Subject Re: how do you make a loop run in reverse?
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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There is a built-in function that reverses an iterable.  Have a look at the
documentation.

xav


On 27 March 2013 10:59, <rahulreddy24@hotmail.com> wrote:

> So i have a set of for loops that create this :
>
> ***************************************
> ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
> ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
>    ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
>    ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
> ***************************************
>
>                  *
>                 ***
>                *****
>               *******
>              *********
>
> but i want to nest all the loops under one BIG loop that'll run in reverse
> to make this:
>
> ***************************************
> ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
> ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
>    ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
>    ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
> ***************************************
>
>                  *
>                 ***
>                *****
>               *******
>              *********
>               *******
>                *****
>                 ***
>                  *
> ***************************************
>    ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
>    ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
> ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
> ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***   ***
> ***************************************
>
> Is this possible?
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how do you make a loop run in reverse? rahulreddy24@hotmail.com - 2013-03-26 16:59 -0700
  Re: how do you make a loop run in reverse? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-03-27 00:18 +0000
  Re: how do you make a loop run in reverse? Xavier Ho <contact@xavierho.com> - 2013-03-27 11:19 +1100
  Re: how do you make a loop run in reverse? Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 01:08 +0000
  Re: how do you make a loop run in reverse? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-26 20:08 -0400
  Re: how do you make a loop run in reverse? Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 21:18 +0000

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