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C++ How To Reverse a String


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Reverse a String

Use the reverse() function from the <algorithm> library to reverse a string:

Example

string text = "Hello";
reverse(text.begin(), text.end());

cout << text;

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You can also reverse a string with a loop that goes backward:

Example

string text = "Hello";
string reversed = "";

for (int i = text.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
  reversed += text[i];
}

cout << reversed;

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Explanation:
reverse() changes the order of all characters from text.begin() to text.end().
The loop starts at the last character (text.length() - 1) and adds the characters to reversed one by one, from the end to the start.


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