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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