How to reverse a string in Golang

In Golang (v1.62.2), there is no built-in method to reverse a string, so we will create our own function to serve this purpose.

Algorithm

Let’s go through the approach to solving this problem first.

  • Step 1: Define a function that accepts a string.
  • Step 2: Iterate over the input string and prepend the characters one by one to the resultant string.
  • Step 3: Return the resultant string.

Code

The code below demonstrates how to reverse a string.

package main
import "fmt"
// function to reverse string
func reverseString(str string) (result string) {
	// iterate over str and prepend to result
	for _ , v := range str {
		result = string(v) + result
	}
	return
}
func main() {
	str := "Educative-Edpresso"
	fmt.Println(str)
	// invoke reverseString
	fmt.Println(reverseString(str))
}

Explanation

  • Line 5: We create the reverseString() function.

  • Line 6: The function accepts a string, iterates over it, and prepends each character to result. At the end of the function, it returns result.

  • Line 15: We declare a string str inside the main() function.

  • Line 17: We output str on the console.

  • Line 19: We invoke the reverseString function, pass str as an argument, and output the result on the console.

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