REVERSE  
Description

Reverses the order of items, such as the characters in a string, the digits in a number, or the elements in an array.

 
Returns

A copy of string, with the characters in reverse order.

 
Category

String functions

 
Function syntax
Reverse(string)
 
See also

Left, Mid, Right

 
Parameters

 
Usage

You can call this function on a number with code such as the following:

<cfoutput>reverse(6*2) equals #reverse(6*2)#<cfoutput>

This code outputs the following:

reverse(6*2) equals 21
 
Example
<h3>Reverse Example</h3>

<p>Reverse returns your string with the positions of the characters reversed.
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.myString")>
   <cfif FORM.myString is not "">
      <p>Reverse returned:
      <cfoutput>#Reverse(FORM.myString)#</cfoutput>
   <cfelse>
      <p>Please enter a string to be reversed.
   </cfif>
</cfif>

<form action = "reverse.cfm">
<p>Enter a string to be reversed:
<input type = "Text" name = "MyString">
<p><input type = "Submit" name = "">
</form>

A string or a variable that contains one

STRING