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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2003-11-07 01:30:58 (GMT)
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What is your favorite color? It is blue.
\end{verbatim}
+To loop over a sequence in reverse, first specify the sequence
+in a forward direction and then call the \function{reversed()}
+function.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> for i in reversed(xrange(1,10,2)):
+... print i
+...
+9
+7
+5
+3
+1
+\end{verbatim}
+
\section{More on Conditions \label{conditions}}