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flipString: Turn a string upside-down in JavaScript
// This is not mine.
// It was first published in 2005 or so by David Faden
// at http://www.revfad.com/flip.html.
// 23 March 2021 - ES6-ified
function flipString(aString) {
return String(aString)
.split("")
.map(c => flipTable[c] || c)
.reverse()
.join("")
}
var flipTable = {
'\u0021' : '\u00A1',
'\u0022' : '\u201E',
'\u0026' : '\u214B',
'\u0027' : '\u002C',
'\u0028' : '\u0029',
'\u002E' : '\u02D9',
'\u0033' : '\u0190',
'\u0034' : '\u152D',
'\u0036' : '\u0039',
'\u0037' : '\u2C62',
'\u003B' : '\u061B',
'\u003C' : '\u003E',
'\u003F' : '\u00BF',
'\u0041' : '\u2200',
'\u0042' : '\u10412',
'\u0043' : '\u2183',
'\u0044' : '\u25D6',
'\u0045' : '\u018E',
'\u0046' : '\u2132',
'\u0047' : '\u2141',
'\u004A' : '\u017F',
'\u004B' : '\u22CA',
'\u004C' : '\u2142',
'\u004D' : '\u0057',
'\u004E' : '\u1D0E',
'\u0050' : '\u0500',
'\u0051' : '\u038C',
'\u0052' : '\u1D1A',
'\u0054' : '\u22A5',
'\u0055' : '\u2229',
'\u0056' : '\u1D27',
'\u0059' : '\u2144',
'\u005B' : '\u005D',
'\u005F' : '\u203E',
'\u0061' : '\u0250',
'\u0062' : '\u0071',
'\u0063' : '\u0254',
'\u0064' : '\u0070',
'\u0065' : '\u01DD',
'\u0066' : '\u025F',
'\u0067' : '\u0183',
'\u0068' : '\u0265',
'\u0069' : '\u0131',
'\u006A' : '\u027E',
'\u006B' : '\u029E',
'\u006C' : '\u0283',
'\u006D' : '\u026F',
'\u006E' : '\u0075',
'\u0072' : '\u0279',
'\u0074' : '\u0287',
'\u0076' : '\u028C',
'\u0077' : '\u028D',
'\u0079' : '\u028E',
'\u007B' : '\u007D',
'\u203F' : '\u2040',
'\u2045' : '\u2046',
'\u2234' : '\u2235'
}
Object.keys(flipTable).forEach(i => flipTable[flipTable[i]] = i)
console.log(flipString('43: george w. bush!'));
// ¡ɥsnq ˙ʍ ǝƃɹoǝƃ :Ɛᔭ
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