← 🐍 Python World

🐍 Secret Code

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📖 The mission

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Functions return answers

A function is a tiny machine: it receives inputs, works something out, then returns one answer for the tests to check.

💡 Hint ladder

Slicing magic: word[::-1] reverses a string.
Or build it letter by letter with a loop.

🧪 Coach checks

◯ reverses python
◯ reverses abc
◯ one letter
◯ empty word

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💬 Slicing magic: word[::-1] reads a string backwards.

word = "python"

print(word[0])      # p     (first letter)
print(word[0:3])    # pyt   (first three)
print(word[::-1])   # nohtyp (backwards!)

📟 It printed:

📟 Output