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SingleStoreDB v8.1

REVERSE

Reverses the character order of a string or returns a NULL if the parameter is NULL.

Syntax

SELECT REVERSE(<string>);

Arguments

  • string: any string

Return Type

String

Examples

SELECT REVERSE('See the inventory list for details' collate utf8mb4_general_ci);

****
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| REVERSE('See the inventory list for details' collate utf8mb4_general_ci) |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| sliated rof tsil yrotnevni eht eeS                                       |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

In the examples below, the following table and values were used:

CREATE TABLE inventory(item_ID VARCHAR(25), item VARCHAR(50), 
category VARCHAR(25), cases_instock NUMERIC(4));

INSERT INTO inventory VALUES('GA001','Green Apples', 'fruit', '22'),
('RB247','Bananas', 'fruit','32'),
('GP749', 'Golden Pineapple', 'fruit', '11'),
('KM991', 'Kent Mango', 'fruit', '5'),
('FP860', 'Fuyu Persimmons', 'fruit','2');
SELECT item, REVERSE(item) FROM inventory;

****
+------------------+------------------+
| item             | REVERSE(item)    |
+------------------+------------------+
| Bananas          | sananaB          |
| Green Apples     | selppA neerG     |
| Fuyu Persimmons  | snommisreP uyuF  |
| Kent Mango       | ognaM tneK       |
| Golden Pineapple | elppaeniP nedloG |
+------------------+------------------+

SELECT item_id, item, REVERSE(item_id), REVERSE(item) FROM inventory;

****
+---------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| item_id | item             | REVERSE(item_id) | REVERSE(item)    |
+---------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| GP749   | Golden Pineapple | 947PG            | elppaeniP nedloG |
| GA001   | Green Apples     | 100AG            | selppA neerG     |
| KM991   | Kent Mango       | 199MK            | ognaM tneK       |
| RB247   | Bananas          | 742BR            | sananaB          |
| FP860   | Fuyu Persimmons  | 068PF            | snommisreP uyuF  |
+---------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
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