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Task/Number-reversal-game/Python/number-reversal-game.py

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+'''
+number reversal game
+    Given a jumbled list of the numbers 1 to 9
+    Show the list.
+    Ask the player how many digits from the left to reverse.
+    Reverse those digits then ask again.
+    until all the digits end up in ascending order.
+
+'''
+
+import random
+
+print(__doc__)
+data, trials = list('123456789'), 0
+while data == sorted(data):
+    random.shuffle(data)
+while data != sorted(data):
+    trials += 1
+    flip = int(input('#%2i: LIST: %r Flip how many?: ' % (trials, ' '.join(data))))
+    data[:flip] = reversed(data[:flip])
+
+print('\nYou took %2i attempts to put the digits in order!' % trials)