Reverses the input string.

Syntax

string utf8.reverse ( string input )

Required Arguments

• input: A string character sequence.

Returns

• string: reversed string

Returns a string containing the reversed original UTF-8 string.

Code Examples

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This example shows how to reverse a UTF-8 string.

local input = "今日は素晴らしい日です"
local output = utf8.reverse(input)
outputConsole(output) -- すで日いしら晴素は日今

See Also

UTF8 Library Functions

• utf8.byte
• utf8.char
• utf8.charpos
• utf8.escape
• utf8.find
• utf8.fold
• utf8.gmatch
• utf8.gsub
• utf8.insert
• utf8.len
• utf8.lower
• utf8.match
• utf8.ncasecmp
• utf8.next
• utf8.remove
• utf8.reverse
• utf8.sub
• utf8.title
• utf8.upper
• utf8.width
• utf8.widthindex

Reference

• Scripting Functions