Reverse a Number in JavaScript
Peel % 10, glue onto result * 10. 100 becomes 1. Trailing zeros die.
BeginnerLoop ProgramsExample 4 of 6
reverse-a-number.js
1// Method 1: Using while loop2function reverseNumber(num) {3 let reversed = 0;4 let original = num;56 while (num > 0) {7 let digit = num % 10;8 reversed = reversed * 10 + digit;9 num = Math.floor(num / 10);10 }1112 return reversed;13}1415console.log("Reverse of 1234:", reverseNumber(1234));16console.log("Reverse of 5678:", reverseNumber(5678));1718// Method 2: Using string conversion19function reverseNumberString(num) {20 return parseInt(num.toString().split('').reverse().join(''));21}2223console.log("\nUsing string method:");24console.log("Reverse of 1234:", reverseNumberString(1234));25console.log("Reverse of 9876:", reverseNumberString(9876));2627// Method 3: Using array methods28function reverseNumberArray(num) {29 return parseInt(30 num.toString()31 .split('')32 .reverse()33 .join('')34 );35}3637console.log("\nUsing array methods:");38console.log("Reverse of 5432:", reverseNumberArray(5432));3940// Method 4: Handling negative numbers41function reverseNumberComplete(num) {42 let isNegative = num < 0;43 num = Math.abs(num);4445 let reversed = 0;46 while (num > 0) {47 reversed = reversed * 10 + (num % 10);48 num = Math.floor(num / 10);49 }5051 return isNegative ? -reversed : reversed;52}5354console.log("\nWith negative support:");55console.log("Reverse of -1234:", reverseNumberComplete(-1234));56console.log("Reverse of 5678:", reverseNumberComplete(5678));
Output
Reverse of 1234: 4321 Reverse of 5678: 8765 Using string method: Reverse of 1234: 4321 Reverse of 9876: 6789 Using array methods: Reverse of 5432: 2345 With negative support: Reverse of -1234: -4321 Reverse of 5678: 8765
What's going on
1234 → 4321. 100 → 1, not 001. Integers do not keep leading zeros.
Strings: String(n).split('').reverse().join('') if you want the zeros as text.