_strrev, _wcsrev, _mbsrev

Reverse characters of a string.

char *_strrev( char *string );

wchar_t *_wcsrev( wchar_t *string );

unsigned char *_mbsrev( unsigned char *string );

Routine Required Header Compatibility
_strrev <string.h> Win 95, Win NT
_wcsrev <string.h> or <wchar.h> Win 95, Win NT
_mbsrev <mbstring.h> Win 95, Win NT

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Libraries

LIBC.LIB Single thread static library, retail version
LIBCMT.LIB Multithread static library, retail version
MSVCRT.LIB Import library for MSVCRT.DLL, retail version

Return Value

Each of these functions returns a pointer to the altered string. No return value is reserved to indicate an error.

Parameter

string

Null-terminated string to reverse

Remarks

The _strrev function reverses the order of the characters in string. The terminating null character remains in place. _wcsrev and _mbsrev are wide-character and multibyte-character versions of _strrev. The arguments and return value of _wcsrev are wide-character strings; those of _mbsrev are multibyte-character strings. For _mbsrev, the order of bytes in each multibyte character in string is not changed. These three functions behave identically otherwise.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

TCHAR.H Routine _UNICODE & _MBCS Not Defined _MBCS Defined _UNICODE Defined
_tcsrev _strrev _mbsrev _wcsrev

Example

/* STRREV.C: This program checks an input string to
 * see whether it is a palindrome: that is, whether
 * it reads the same forward and backward.
 */

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main( void )
{
   char string[100];
   int result;

   printf( "Input a string and I will tell you if it is a palindrome:\n" );
   gets( string );

   /* Reverse string and compare (ignore case): */
   result = _stricmp( string, _strrev( _strdup( string ) ) );
   if( result == 0 )
      printf( "The string \"%s\" is a palindrome\n\n", string );
   else
      printf( "The string \"%s\" is not a palindrome\n\n", string );
}

Output

Input a string and I will tell you if it is a palindrome:
Able was I ere I saw Elba
The string "Able was I ere I saw Elba" is a palindrome

String Manipulation Routines

See Also   strcpy, _strset