How to reverse a string in Python

To reverse a string use the slice syntax:

my_string = "ferrari"

my_string_reversed = my_string[::-1]

print(my_string)

print(my_string_reversed)

ferrari

irarref

The slice syntax allows you to set a step, which is -1 in the example.

The default step is 1, that is, go forward 1 character of the string at a time.

If you set the step to -1 you have the opposite, go back 1 character at a time.

So you start at the position of the last character and move backwards to the first character at position 0.

To learn more about slicing, check out Understanding Slicing in Python.