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Am 18.07.2015 um 02:40 schrieb Denis McMahon:
> On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:15:38 -0700, craig.sirna wrote:
>
>> The assignment wants us to take a users first, middle and last name in a
>> single input ( name=('enter your full name: )).
>>
>> Then we must display the full name rearranged in Last, First Middle
>> order.
>
> To generate a list of words from a string, split the string up on the
> spaces between words. See the split method of strings.
>
> Having a list of words, get a copy of the list in reverse order. See the
> reversed function (and maybe the list function).
>
That won't really help, because the desired order is, with the example 
the OP used: Sirna Daniel Craig. So here indexing is necessary, but 
indexing of the list elements, not of the characters in the string.

(Necessary is too strong, because this could be done with rpartition. 
But I doubt that's the right answer for a beginner course.)

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Need assistance craig.sirna@gmail.com - 2015-07-16 19:15 -0700
  Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 20:40 -0600
    Re: Need assistance craig.sirna@gmail.com - 2015-07-16 20:00 -0700
      RE: Need assistance "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 20:12 -0700
  RE: Need assistance "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 19:44 -0700
  Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 21:00 -0600
  Re: Need assistance Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2015-07-17 16:40 +0000
    Re: Need assistance Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 12:54 -0400
    Re: Need assistance Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-17 20:00 +0100
  Re: Need assistance Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 00:40 +0000
    Re: Need assistance Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola@web.de> - 2015-07-18 12:35 +0200
      Re: Need assistance Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 00:59 +0000
        Re: Need assistance MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-07-19 17:35 +0100
          flipping string order Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 18:06 +0000
    Re: Need assistance Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-18 14:16 +0200
    RE: Need assistance "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 09:05 -0700
    Re: Need assistance Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-07-18 12:18 -0400
    Re: Need assistance Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-18 18:34 +0100
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          Re: Need assistance mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-07-18 20:35 +0100
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        Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 20:46 -0600
    Re: Need assistance Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-07-18 17:34 -0400
    Re: Need assistance William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2015-07-18 14:28 -0400
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