in reply to Re^2: reverse is not reversing
in thread reverse is not reversing

> it only works with more than one word

that's wrong, context matters (LHS) not input (RHS)

  DB<9> print reverse "text"            # list context
text
  DB<10> print scalar reverse "text"    # scalar context
txet
  DB<11> $a= reverse "text"             # scalar

  DB<12> print $a                       # still print LIST, but $a is 
+already reversed
txet

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