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import timeit
import struct

string = "ABCDEFGH"

# Expected resutlt => GHEFCDAB

def rev(a):
    new = ""

    for x in range(-1, -len(a), -2):
        new += a[x-1] + a[x]

    return new

def rev2(a):
    return "".join(reversed([a[i:i+2] for i in range(0, len(a), 2)]))

def rev3(a):
    return "".join(map(str.__add__, a[-2::-2] ,a[-1::-2]))

def rev4(a):
    return "".join(map("".join, reversed(zip(*[iter(a)]*2))))


def rev5(a):
    n = len(a) / 2
    fmt = '%dh' % n
    return struct.pack(fmt, *reversed(struct.unpack(fmt, a)))

def rev6(a):
    return "".join([a[x:x+2] for x in range(0,len(a),2)][::-1])


print "Greg Hewgill %f" %timeit.Timer("rev2(string)", "from __main__ import rev2, string").timeit(100000)
print "gnibbler %f" %timeit.Timer("rev3(string)", "from __main__ import rev3, string").timeit(100000)
print "gnibbler second %f" %timeit.Timer("rev4(string)", "from __main__ import rev4, string").timeit(100000)
print "Alok %f" %timeit.Timer("rev5(string)", "from __main__ import rev5, struct, string").timeit(100000)
print "elliot42 %f" %timeit.Timer("rev6(string)", "from __main__ import rev6, struct, string").timeit(100000)
print "me %f" %timeit.Timer("rev(string)", "from __main__ import rev, string").timeit(100000)