I would like to reverse a string, and then un-reverse it so that another string can act on it (for substitution). Have searched the manuals with no luck. If I dont reverse it, but simply do this, it works: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

   ......This Works...................

$comment = "My lawyer is named will";

for ($new_comment = $comment) 
{
s/lawyer/Banker/eig; s/will/Barney/eig; s/is/Was/eig;
}
print $new_comment;

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But when I try to reverse the string or array, the results dont work on the first string, even if I call in inside a sub..... 


.......Why Doesnt This Work ? ................ 

$comment = "My lawyer is named will";

for ($new = $comment) {
$comment = &doit($comment);
}

sub doit{
$go = ";gie/moT/lliw/s ;gie/reknaB/reywal/s ;gie/yenraB/derf/s";
$com = join("", reverse split(//, $go));
return $com;
}
print $new;

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Yes, it is stupid to want to do this, but I need to. Could anyone please tell me how I might accomplish this. Thanks.

Edit kudra, 2002-04-15 Changed title

In reply to newkid confused: reverse then unreverse a string by caciqueman

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