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Reverse the Words

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Write reverse_words(sentence) that returns the words in reverse order, separated by single spaces. Extra spaces anywhere in the input should not matter.

reverse_words("hello big world")  ->  "world big hello"
def reverse_words(sentence):
pass
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Your code runs first, then each of these lines. The output must match exactly.

RunsExpected output
reverse_words("hello big world")'world big hello'
reverse_words("Python")'Python'

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