reversing list order python code example

Example 1: reverse list python

>>> the_list = [1,2,3]
>>> reversed_list = the_list.reverse()
>>> list(reversed_list)
[3,2,1]

OR

>>> the_list = [1,2,3]
>>> the_list[::-1]
[3,2,1]

Example 2: how to reverse array in python

>>> L = [0,10,20,40]
>>> L[::-1]
[40, 20, 10, 0]