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@array[0..$#array] = @array[reverse 0..$#array];

   That's *not* a built-in array-reversal method.

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Nor it it an "in-place" reversing method, failing the requirements of the question. You've made an entire copy of the array in a different part of memory.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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Re: •Re: Re: (OT) Interview questions -- your response?
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 03, 2002 at 22:40 UTC
    True enough, and not an unexpected claim. Though one *could* argue that: 
        @array[$left,$right] = @array[$right,$left];

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    Isn't any more "in-place", as it is the same thing when the array is only two elements. And I didn't see where using a constant amount of additional memory was part of the requirement :-)

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