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Re: reverse?
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From:
Chris Game
Date:
December 1, 2002 09:57
Subject:
Re: reverse?
Message ID:
asdicp$28p$1@main.gmane.org
In an earlier post, Rob Dixon wrote:
> Chris
>
> scalar reverse "forwards" is the same as
> scalar reverse ( "forwards" )
> It explicitly puts the call to reverse() into scalar context.
Whereas
> reverse scalar "forwards" is the same as
> reverse ( scalar "forwards" )
> which only forces the already scalar string "forwards" to be
scalar.
> When called in scalar context, reverse() reverses the characters in
> its parameter list. If called in list context, it returns the list
> itself in reverse order. So that
> ( reverse ( "abcd", "efgh" ) gives ( "efgh", "abcd" )
> while
> scalar reverse ( "abcd", "efgh" ) gives "hgfedcba"
OK, thanks Rob and Paul, I've got it now.
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