What is the list reverse() method in Python?

Overview

The list.reverse() method is simply used to reverse the order of the items in a list in Python.

Syntax

list.reverse()

Parmeter value

There are no parameter values.

Example 1

Let’s create a list of even numbers up to ten and then use the list.reverse() method to reverse the order of the items in the list.

Code

even_numbers = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
# now let us reverse the items in the list
even_numbers.reverse()
print(even_numbers)

Explanation

  • Line 1: We created a list of even numbers up to ten and we named it even_numbers.
  • Line 4: We applied the list.reverse() method to reverse the items on the list using even_numbers.reverse().
  • Line 5: We returned the output.

Example 2

Let’s reverse the order of items present in a list of countries.

Code

countries = ['Argentina', 'Niger', 'Italy', 'Russia', 'Australia']
# reversing the order of the items in the list
countries.reverse()
print(countries)