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REVERSE [esql-reverse]

Syntax

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Parameters

str
String expression. If null, the function returns null.

Description

Returns a new string representing the input string in reverse order.

Supported types

str result
keyword keyword
text keyword

Examples

ROW message = "Some Text" | EVAL message_reversed = REVERSE(message);
message:keyword message_reversed:keyword
Some Text txeT emoS

REVERSE works with unicode, too! It keeps unicode grapheme clusters together during reversal.

ROW bending_arts = "💧🪨🔥💨" | EVAL bending_arts_reversed = REVERSE(bending_arts);
bending_arts:keyword bending_arts_reversed:keyword
💧🪨🔥💨 💨🔥🪨💧