Reverse a string in Python

Question

There is no built in reverse function for Python\'s str object. What is the best way of implementing this method?

If supplying a very conci

Answer 1

Here is simply:

print "loremipsum"[-1::-1]

and some logically:

def str_reverse_fun():
    empty_list = []
    new_str = 'loremipsum'
    index = len(new_str)
    while index:
        index = index - 1
        empty_list.append(new_str[index])
    return ''.join(empty_list)
print str_reverse_fun()

output:

muspimerol