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TMTOWTDI even in Python, these days:

def reverseWords(words):
    return ' '.join([word for word in words.split()][::-1])

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I'd probably tweak it a bit in real-world code, though. Generators and list comprehensions make me go cross-eyed sometimes.

Update: Adjusted the code to match the full goal.

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Re^3: Five Ways to Reverse a String of Words (C#, Perl 5, Perl6, Ruby, Haskell)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Dec 12, 2006 at 22:03 UTC

    You don't need [word for word in ...]. That's just the same as map { $_ } ... in perl, an identity op on lists (more or less). 

    >>> def reverseWords(words):
...     return ' '.join(words.split()[::-1])
... 
>>> reverseWords("  one   two three four    ")
'four three two one'

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Re^3: Five Ways to Reverse a String of Words (C#, Perl 5, Perl6, Ruby, Haskell)
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 05, 2007 at 13:41 UTC 
    [word for word in words.split()] ?

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    No need for a list comprehensions here. How about this... 
    def reverseWords(words):
    return ' '.join(words.split()[::-1])

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      It is sometimes hard to not use ::-1 once learnt, but you can use reversed which makes it clearer: 
      >>> def reverseWords(word):
... 	return " ".join( reversed(word.split()) )
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>>> reverseWords("  one   two three four    ")
'four three two one'

      - Paddy
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