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string.revert

String Core4 Lua Commands

SYNOPSIS

result = string.revert(s [, i [, j]])

DESCRIPTION

Reverses the order of bytes in the string.

When i and/or j are given, uses the substring s[i], s[i+1], ···, s[j].
The default value for i is 1; the default value for j is the number of characters in s.

RETURN VALUE

Returns a string of the same same length as the original substring.

EXAMPLE

>  >  > 
foo = "ABCDEF" bar = foo:revert() print (foo, bar)
ABCDEF FEDCBA

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