On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:00:03 -0400
Victor Subervi <victorsube...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi;
> I have this code:
> 
>   cursor.execute('describe products;')
>   cols = [item[0] for item in cursor]
>   cols = cols.reverse()
>   cols.append('Delete')
>   cols = cols.reverse()
> 
> Unfortunately, the list doesn't reverse. If I print cols after the first
> reverse(), it prints None. Please advise.

The reverse() method modifies the list in place, but returns None, so just use
>>> cols.reverse()

rather than
>>> cols = cols.reverse()

> Also, is there a way to append to
> the front of the list directly?
> TIA,
> beno

The insert() method can do this, i.e.
>>> cols.insert(0, 'Delete')

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