How to reverse a list in Python

In this tutorial, we will learn about how to reverse a list in Python.

Using reverse() method

To reverse a list in python, we can use the built-in reverse() method.

Here is an example.

mylist = ['a', 'b', 'c']

mylist.reverse()

print(mylist)

Output:

['c', 'b' , 'a']

Note: The above reverse() method modifies the original list instead of creating a new one.

If you don’t want to modify the original list, we can use the slice syntax by passing the step of -1 and leaving the beginning and end positions.

Example:

mylist = ['a', 'b', 'c']

reversed_list = mylist [::-1]

print(reversed_list)