comment on

#!/usr/local/bin/lua

function reverseWords(str)

  list = {}

  for word in string.gfind(str, "(%w+)") do
    table.insert(list, 1, word)
  end

  return (table.concat(list, " "))

end

print(reverseWords("  one   two three four    "))
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or maybe

#!/usr/local/bin/lua

function reverseWords(str)

  list = {}

  string.gsub(str, "(%w+)",
    function(word) table.insert(list, 1, word) end)

  return (table.concat(list, " "))

end

print(reverseWords("  one   two three four    "))
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YuckFoo

In reply to Re: Five Ways to Reverse a String of Words (C#, Perl 5, Perl 6, Ruby, Haskell) by YuckFoo
in thread Five Ways to Reverse a String of Words (C#, Perl 5, Perl 6, Ruby, Haskell) by eyepopslikeamosquito

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