REVERSE

The REVERSE function returns a character string that is exactly the same length as the argument, whose characters are exactly the same as those specified in the argument, except that they are in reverse order.

The function type depends on the argument types, as follows:

Argument Type Function Type
Alphabetic Alphanumeric
Alphanumeric Alphanumeric
DBCS¹ DBCS¹
Note: ¹ IBM Extension
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Format

>>-FUNCTION REVERSE--(--argument-1--)--------------------------><

argument-1
Must be class alphabetic or alphanumeric, and must be at least one character in length.
IBM Extension

Argument-1 can be DBCS or national.

End of IBM Extension

If argument-1 is a character string of length n, the returned value is a character string of length n such that, for 1 <= j <= n, the character in position j of the returned value is the character from position n-j+1 of argument-1.