REVERSE (Transact-SQL)
Returns the reverse of a string value.
Syntax
REVERSE (string_expression )
Arguments
- string_expression
string_expression is an expression of a string or binary data type. string_expression can be a constant, variable, or column of either character or binary data.
Return Types
varchar or nvarchar
Remarks
string_expression must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar. Otherwise, use CAST to explicitly convert string_expression.
Examples
The following example returns all contact first names with the characters reversed.
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT FirstName, REVERSE(FirstName) AS Reverse
FROM Person.Contact
WHERE ContactID < 5
ORDER BY FirstName;
GO
Here is the result set.
FirstName Reverse
-------------- --------------
Catherine enirehtaC
Gustavo ovatsuG
Humberto otrebmuH
Kim miK
(4 row(s) affected)
The following example reverses the characters in a variable.
DECLARE @myvar varchar(10)
SET @myvar = 'sdrawkcaB'
SELECT REVERSE(@myvar) AS Reversed ;
GO
The following example makes an implicit conversion from an int data type into varch data type and then reverses the result.
SELECT REVERSE(1234) AS Reversed ;
GO