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reverse LIST
In list context, returns a list value consisting of the elemen
+ts
of LIST in the opposite order. In scalar context, concatenates
the elements of LIST and returns a string value with all
characters in the opposite order.
print reverse <>; # line tac, last line first
undef $/; # for efficiency of <>
print scalar reverse <>; # character tac, last line tsr
+if
Used without arguments in scalar context, reverse() reverses $
+_.
This operator is also handy for inverting a hash, although the
+re
are some caveats. If a value is duplicated in the original has
+h,
only one of those can be represented as a key in the inverted
hash. Also, this has to unwind one hash and build a whole new
one, which may take some time on a large hash, such as from a
DBM file.
%by_name = reverse %by_address; # Invert the hash