Reverse Number (0-999) Script

def reverse(number):
    #only works for (inner number) SYMMETRICAL numbers
    #for non symmetrical numbers you have to add decimals until it becomes symmetrical!!!
    #eg 9998 --> 8999
    #but 9898 --> 8899 (it fails)
    diff = 1
    val = int(number-int(str(number)[-1]))
    print val
    while(str(val)[0]!=str(val)[-1]):
        val = val + 1
    print "PRINT SYMMETRICAL NUMBER IN SET 0-9: "+str(val)
    print "NUMBER OF 9's: "+str(int(len(str(number))-1))
    #cheaty method to make it:
    #   1 = 9
    #   2 = 99
    #   3 = 999
    #using the python method of "multiplying strings" and then casting back to an integer
    print -(-int("9"*(int(len(str(number))-1)))*(number-val)-number)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    reverse(1222)