Java.lang.StringBuffer.reverse() Method

Description

The java.lang.StringBuffer.reverse() method causes this character sequence to be replaced by the reverse of the sequence.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.StringBuffer.reverse() method

public StringBuffer reverse()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns a reference to this object.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.StringBuffer.reverse() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class StringBufferDemo {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
  
    StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer("tutorials point");
    System.out.println("buffer = " + buff);

    // reverse characters of the buffer and prints it
    System.out.println("reverse = " + buff.reverse());
  
    // reverse of the buffer is equivalent to the actual buffer
    buff = new StringBuffer("malyalam");
    System.out.println("buffer = " + buff);
	
    // reverse characters of the buffer and prints it
    System.out.println("reverse = " + buff.reverse());
  }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

buffer = tutorials point
reverse = tniop slairotut
buffer = malayalam
reverse = malayalam