Python program to right rotate the elements of an array

When it is required to right rotate the elements of a list, the elements are iterated over, and a last element is assigned a value, after which the elements are iterated over, and an element is swapped.

Below is a demonstration of the same −

Example

 Live Demo

my_list = [31, 42, 13, 34, 85, 0, 99, 1, 3]
n = 3
print("The value of n has been initialized to")
print(n)
print("The list is :")
print(my_list)

print("List is being right rotated by 3 elements...")
for i in range(0, n):
   last_elem = my_list[len(my_list)-1]

   for j in range(len(my_list)-1, -1, -1):
      my_list[j] = my_list[j-1]

   my_list[0] = last_elem

print()

print("List after right rotation is : ")
for i in range(0, len(my_list)):
   print(my_list[i])

Output

The value of n has been initialized to
3
The list is :
[31, 42, 13, 34, 85, 0, 99, 1, 3]
List is being right rotated by 3 elements...
List after right rotation is :
99
1
3
31
42
13
34
85
0

Explanation

• A list is defined, and is displayed on the console.

• The value of n is defined and is displayed on the console.

• The list is iterated over, and the last element is assigned a value.

• The list is iterated over again, and the step size is defined as -1, and it is specified to go till the last element of the list.

• The last element is assigned to the first position of the list.

• The list would have been rotated by three positions.

• This is displayed as output on the console.