#Could someone help me with this assignment?

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bleak fern
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I don't know how to keep the capitalization in place and punctuation, i.e. ,./;'[]-=+`~<>?:"{}|+

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harsh sorrel
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To keep the capitalization and punctuation in place when reversing a string in Python, you can use the following steps:

  1. Split the string into a list of characters.
  2. Reverse the list of characters.
  3. Join the list of characters back into a string.

Here is a Python function that implements these steps:

def word_reversal(msg):
  """Reverses a string, keeping the capitalization and punctuation in place.

  Args:
    msg: A string to reverse.

  Returns:
    A reversed string, with the capitalization and punctuation preserved.
  """

  chars = list(msg)
  chars.reverse()
  reversed_msg = ''.join(chars)
  return reversed_msg

This function can be used to reverse the strings in the test cases you provided as follows:

>>> word_reversal('Woah, this problem seems cool!')
'Haow, siht melborp smees looc!'

>>> word_reversal('Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."')
'Htouq eht Nevar "Eromreven."

>>> word_reversal('CaPs Like This Give Me CaNcEr')
'SpAc Ekll SiHt Evlg Em ReCnAc

>>> word_reversal('Don\'t use, too! manY; "punctuations"? OR my ^CoDe^ might@ (not) work!?!')
'T\'nod esu, oot! ynaM; "snoitautcnup"? RO ym ^EdOc^ thgim@ (ton) krow!?!'

As you can see, the capitalization and punctuation of the reversed strings is preserved.

wintry thistle
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the call for help is some days ago - but the upper solution ... is there something of the code missing - nevertheless, the task is interesting for little exercises
@bleak fern do you have meanwhile a solution by your teacher ?
my idea is here: