Reverse String in Java

Reverse a given string using a loop.

BeginnerModule 4: String ProgramsExample 1 of 25
reverse-string.java
1import java.util.Scanner;
2
3public class Main {
4 public static void main(String[] args) {
5 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
6 System.out.print("Enter a string: ");
7 String s = sc.nextLine();
8
9 String rev = "";
10 for (int i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
11 rev += s.charAt(i);
12 }
13
14 System.out.println("Reversed string: " + rev);
15 sc.close();
16 }
17}

Output

Enter a string: hello
Reversed string: olleh

What's going on

We iterate from the last character to the first, building a new reversed string.