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Examples:
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# $EPIC: reverse.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/19 06:07:20 sthalik Exp $

Synopsis:

$reverse(<text>)

Technical:

This function returns a copy of <text> with all of the characters in reverse order, to wit:
Let the characters in <text> be numbered from 0 to <L>:

Index in <word list>	Index in return value
0	<L>
1	<L-1>
2	<L-2>
…	…
<L-2>	2
<L-1>	1
<L>	0

Practical:

This function should be pretty self-explanatory.

Returns:

A copy of <text> in reverse.

Examples:

$revw(welcome to our channel) returns “lennahc ruo ot emoclew”)

History:

This function first appeared in “+6” (post-ircII, pre-EPIC)