The REVERSE function returns a character string whose length and characters are exactly the same as argument-1, except that the characters are in reverse order. The type of this function depends on the argument type as follows:
| Argument Type
|
Function Type
|
| Alphabetic
|
Alphanumeric
|
| Alphanumeric
|
Alphanumeric
|
| National
|
National
|
General Format
Arguments
- Argument-1 must be class alphabetic, alphanumeric
or national
and must be at least one character in length.
Returned Values
- 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.
