Reverse Array (mtac)

Reverse the order of an array

Description

mtac takes input from stdin and reverses the order of it.

It's name is derived from a program called tac - a tool that functions like cat but returns the contents in the reverse order. The difference with the mtac builtin is that it is data-type aware. So it doesn't just function as a replacement for tac but it also works on JSON arrays, s-expressions, and any other data-type supporting arrays compiled into Murex.

Usage

<stdin> -> mtac -> <stdout>

Examples

» ja [Monday..Friday] -> mtac
[
    "Friday",
    "Thursday",
    "Wednesday",
    "Tuesday",
    "Monday"
]

# Normal output (without mtac)
» ja [Monday..Friday]
[
    "Monday",
    "Tuesday",
    "Wednesday",
    "Thursday",
    "Friday"
]

Detail

Please bare in mind that while Murex is optimised with concurrency and streaming in mind, it's impossible to reverse an incomplete array. Thus all all of stdin must have been read and that file closed before mtac can output.

In practical terms you shouldn't notice any difference except for when stdin is a long running process or non-standard stream (eg network pipe).

Synonyms

• mtac
• list.reverse

See Also

• Add Prefix (prefix): Prefix a string to every item in a list
• Add Suffix (suffix): Prefix a string to every item in a list
• Append To List (append): Add data to the end of an array
• Count (count): Count items in a map, list or array
• Create 2d Array (2darray): Create a 2D JSON array from multiple input sources
• Create JSON Array (ja): A sophisticated yet simply way to build a JSON array
• Create Map (map): Creates a map from two data sources
• Create New Array (ta): A sophisticated yet simple way to build an array of a user defined data-type
• Prepend To List (prepend): Add data to the start of an array
• Prettify JSON: Prettifies JSON to make it human readable
• Sort Array (msort): Sorts an array - data type agnostic
• Split String (jsplit): Splits stdin into a JSON array based on a regex parameter
• Stream New List (a): A sophisticated yet simple way to stream an array or list (mkarray)

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This document was generated from builtins/core/lists/mtac_doc.yaml.