text = raw_input('Type something dude: ')
def reverse(text):
    new_string = ""
    for i in text:
        print '--------------------'
        print 'loop top, new_string = ' + new_string
        print 'prepending character: ' + i
        new_string = i+new_string
        print 'new_string at end of loop: ' + new_string
    return new_string
print reverse(text)