Reverse. This method inverts the order of characters in a string. This method is rarely useful, but helps when a string has characters that are a form of data (not text).
Method notes. Reversing strings is sometimes helpful, like for creating a unique key from a string. And reverse() eliminates the burden of implementing the logic.
Reverse string. Here we see an example string—the string "rat" is reversed and this leaves us with the string "tar." We use an exclamation mark to change the variable we are using.
Info If we omit the exclamation mark, we would need to assign the "value" to the result of the reverse() call.
value = "rat"# Reverse in-place.# ... Without an exclamation, reverse returns a new string.
value.reverse!
puts valuetar
Reverse array. A string's letters cannot be directly sorted. But we can convert the string to an array (with split) and sort that. We can then reverse the array returned by sort.
Tip This example reverses an array, not a string, because we converted the string to an array before reversing it.
letters = "CAT"
puts letters
# Get letters from string with split.# ... Then sort, and reverse, the letters.# ... Finally join them back together into a string.
result = letters.split("").sort.reverse.join()
puts resultCAT
TCA
Summary. In sorting, we can sometimes apply a descending (high-to-low) sort instead of invoking reverse(). But if we are not sorting, reverse() can be directly called.
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