I just tried doing this and was successful.

response = raw_input('Please type your first name: ')
length = len(response)
while length >  0:
    print response[-length]
    length = length - 1



On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Matthew Richardson wrote:

>  On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 11:11, Danny Yoo wrote:
>  > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Matthew Richardson wrote:
>  >
>  > > s = raw_input('Enter a name: ')
>  > > for x in s:
>  > >     print x
>  > >
>  > > Trying to do it with 'while', I've only managed to get it to print
>  > > through to the last character, where it loops and continues to print the
>  > > last character until escaped.  Someone willing to point me in the right
>  > > direction?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Hi Matt,
>  >
>  >
>  > Sure, but you need to show us your while loop first.
>  >
>  >
>  > It sounds like you've almost got it right, so I suspect it has to do
>  > something with the while loop condition always being being a true value.
>  > But we really do need to see the code so that we don't have to read your
>  > mind.  *grin*
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Good luck to you!
>  >
>  Hi,
>  Sorry that I omitted my code in the last post.  I've been over it more
>  times than I can count and lost track of which *.py did what.  I've
>  actually had two results, the first one (already mentioned) of getting a
>  loop on the last character and the second where the string gets printed
>  and then exits an error when it runs out of characters to print.  Here's
>  what I've got for the second scenario:
> 
>  s = raw_input('Enter a name: ')
>  x = 0
>  while x >= 0:
>      print s[x]
>      x += 1
> 
>  The error is expected because the counter goes on beyond the number of
>  characters in the string and runs out of stuff to print.  Got that part
>  of it.  How can I count the number of characters in the string?  Then
>  the while statement could be changed to
> 
>  while x <= NumOfChar:
>      dosomestuff
> 
>  Or maybe I'm off track here, too.
> 
>  I should give a proper introduction of myself, I can't remember if I did
>  when I joined the list.  My name is Matt, I'm a lab tech at Cal State
>  San Bernardino, managing a photo lab and three computer labs (budget
>  cuts create strange job descriptions).  Python appeals to me because of
>  it's power and syntax.  I looked into learning Perl first, but found it
>  to be hard to follow.  No programming experience, no computer sci
>  education, just a lot of on the job training in system administration
>  and lab management.  Python would be a huge help in automating a lot of
>  things done manually in maintaining the labs.
> 
>  Thanks for the help,
> 
>  Matt
> 
> 
> 
>  --
>  Matt Richardson
>  Instructional Support Technician
>  Department of Art
>  CSU San Bernardino
> 
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