How can I reverse a list in Python?

Question

How can I do the following in Python?

array = [0, 10, 20, 40]
for (i = array.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--)

I need to have the elements of a

Answer 1

If you want to store the elements of reversed list in some other variable, then you can use revArray = array[::-1] or revArray = list(reversed(array)).

But the first variant is slightly faster:

z = range(1000000)
startTimeTic = time.time()
y = z[::-1]
print("Time: %s s" % (time.time() - startTimeTic))

f = range(1000000)
startTimeTic = time.time()
g = list(reversed(f))
print("Time: %s s" % (time.time() - startTimeTic))

Output:

Time: 0.00489711761475 s
Time: 0.00609302520752 s