Reverse a String in JavaScript

This tutorial shows how to reverse a string in JavaScript. In JavaScript, we can use the in-built functions split() , join() and reverse() to reverse a given string.

Syntax

let reverseString = string.split("").reverse().join("");

Example 1: Reverse a String

//program to reverse a string

let string = "apple"
let reverseString = string.split("").reverse().join("");
console.log(reverseString)

Output

elppa

Code Breakdown

let string = "apple"

let splitString = string.split("");   //returns [ 'a', 'p', 'p', 'l', 'e' ]
let reverseSplit = splitString.reverse();    //returns [ 'e', 'l', 'p', 'p', 'a' ]
let joinReverse = reverseSplit.join("");   //returns elppa