How to solve "IndexError: pop from empty list" Python 3

Question

I am trying to reverse a word using stack and pop(), I believe I am overlooking something.The idea is to have all the elements of the word in a new list, then pop them and have them in the original list. For a sample word to work with, you can use "rotate". Below is my attempt at solving it.

def revbystack(x):
  stack = []
  for i in range(len(x)):
    stack.append(x[i])
    for i in range(len(x)):
      x[i] = stack.pop()

word = "rotate"
nw3 = list(word)

revbystack(nw3)

Answer 1

You problem is indentation. The nested for loop is executed for every iteration in outer for loop.

De-dent the nested for-loop:

def revbystack(x):
    stack = []
    for i in range(len(x)):
        stack.append(x[i])
    for i in range(len(x)):
        x[i] = stack.pop()


word = "rotate"
nw3 = list(word)

revbystack(nw3)
print(nw3)  # ['e', 't', 'a', 't', 'o', 'r']