Why isn't this block working as expected?

https://www.codecademy.com/paths/computer-science/tracks/cspath-flow-data-iteration/modules/dspath-python-loops/lessons/python-functions-loops-cc/exercises/reversed

def reversed_list(lst1, lst2):
for n in range(len(lst1)):
if lst1[n] != lst2[- n - 1]:
return False
else:
return True

print(reversed_list([1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 1])) “True”
print(reversed_list([1, 5, 3], [3, 2, 1])) “True”

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Think about your control flow step by step.

  • Start the loop with n = 0
  • Check if lst1[0] is not equal to lst2[-1]
  • lst1[0] = 1 and lst2[-1] also = 1, so we go to the else statement
  • else says to return True

It seems the problem is your loop never gets past the first case n = 0

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