Reversing a list using slice notation

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Slice notation in short:

[ <first element to include> : <first element to exclude> : <step> ]

If you want to include the first element when reversing a list, leave the middle element empty, like this:

foo[::-1]

You can also find some good information about Python slices in general here:
Explain Python’s slice notation

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