Perl Array Reverse() Function: Quick Tutorial

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Kirk Brown
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Kirk Brown
Updated February 24, 2019

Perl's reverse() function is used to reverse the order of an array. The function returns a reversed array but does not reverse the array. 

@REVERSED_LIST = reverse(@ARRAY);

reverse()returns @myNames = ('Jacob', 'Michael', 'Ethan', 'Andrew');

@reversedNames = reverse(@myNames);

@myNamesreverse()@myNames@reversedNames@reversedNames('Andrew', 'Ethan', 'Michael', 'Jacob')

, and @myNames remains the same.

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