I'm trying to write a script that detects if a string is palindromic (same backward as it is forward). This is what I have so far:
#!/usr/bin/env python my_str = raw_input("Enter a string: ") string_list = [] for s in my_str: string_list.append(s) string_list_orig = string_list string_list.reverse() print string_list_orig print string_list The problem is that the script gives results like so: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ./chap6 117> python palindromic.py Enter a string: abc ['c', 'b', 'a'] ['c', 'b', 'a'] Now I understand pointers and Python! :-) Since string_list_orig is pointing to string_list, when I reversed string_list, string_list_orig was reversed as well. How do I get around this? Is there a better way to write this script? I can't figure out how to loop through a string starting from the last character. "I'm the last person to pretend that I'm a radio. I'd rather go out and be a color television set." -David Bowie "Who dares wins" -British military motto "I generally know what I'm doing." -Buster Keaton _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor