How to "python range reverse"?

This page will go through how to reverse a loop in python for a given range 1 to 10 for example. The loop will in other words go backwards rather than the commonly increasing iteration for both a For loop syntax as well as a While loop syntax.

Loops can be divided in to two types of loops: For Loops or While Loops. For Loops are definitely the ones I use the most. Whilst creating While loops can be a good thing, sometimes it can also get your code into an annoying endless circle as it is basically just a 'For loop' to infinity.

Reverse Looping

For the "For" loop example we are reverse looping with the help of the Range syntax. The "Range" syntax is useful for looping to a number or between certain numbers as well as skipping numbers or, in our case going backwards with the help of the step parameter.

class range(stop)

class range(start, stop[, step])

# Looping 10 to 2. 9 times as last number is 2.
for x in range(10,1,-1):
   print(x)
   
# Looping 10 to 1. 10 times as last number is 1.
for x in range(10,0,-1):
   print(x)

While Loop.

If we want to range reverse from 10 to 1 in python with the "While syntax" we can simply use a variable "i" in this case for which we decrease its value for each iteration.

# need to decrease i with 1 for each loop.
# decrease of i could also have been written as i = i - 1.
  
i = 10
while i > 0:
  print(i)
  i -= 1

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https://www.pls-fix-thx.com/post/while-for-loop-python

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