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Implement a function to reverse the order of words in a given sentence in Python.

Steilla Mitchel14118-Jun-2023

Implement a function to reverse the order of words in a given sentence.

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Updated on 19-Jun-2023
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Aryan Kumar

Aryan Kumar

19-Jun-2023

Sure, here is a Python function to reverse the order of words in a given sentence in Python:

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def reverse_words(sentence):
  """
  Reverses the order of words in a given sentence.

  Args:
    sentence: The sentence to reverse the words in.

  Returns:
    The sentence with the words reversed.
  """

  words = sentence.split(" ")
  reversed_words = []
  for word in words[::-1]:
    reversed_words.append(word)

  reversed_sentence = " ".join(reversed_words)
  return reversed_sentence


if __name__ == "__main__":
  sentence = "This is a sentence."
  reversed_sentence = reverse_words(sentence)
  print(reversed_sentence)

This function works by first splitting the sentence into words. Then, the function iterates through the words in reverse order and appends each word to a list. Finally, the function joins the words in the list and returns the reversed sentence.

To run the function, you can save it as a Python file and then run it from the command line. For example, if you save the function as reverse_words.py, you can run it by typing the following command into the command line:

Code snippet

python reverse_words.py

This will print the reversed sentence to the console.

Here is an example of the output of the function:

Code snippet

$ python reverse_words.py
sentence. a is This

As you can see, the output of the function is "sentence. a is This", which is the reversed sentence of "This is a sentence.".

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