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Perl reverse Function
Description
This function returns the elements of LIST in reverse order in a list context. In a scalar context, returns a concatenated string of the values of LIST, with all bytes in opposite order.
Syntax
Following is the simple syntax for this function −
reverse LIST
Return Value
This function returns String in Scalar Context and List in List Context.
Example
Following is the example code showing its basic usage −
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
@array = (2,3,4,5,6,7);
print "Reversed Value is ", reverse(@array), "\n";
$string = "Hello World";
print "Reversed Value is ", scalar reverse("$string"), "\n";
When above code is executed, it produces the following result −
Reversed Value is 765432 Reversed Value is dlroW olleH
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