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page_title: strrev - Functions - Configuration Language
description: The strrev function reverses a string.
# `strrev` Function
`strrev` reverses the characters in a string.
Note that the characters are treated as _Unicode characters_ (in technical terms, Unicode [grapheme cluster boundaries](https://unicode.org/reports/tr29/#Grapheme_Cluster_Boundaries) are respected).
```hcl
strrev(string)
```
## Examples
> strrev("hello")
olleh
> strrev("a ☃")
☃ a
## Related Functions
* [`reverse`](/language/functions/reverse) reverses a sequence.
