---
title: reversed()
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: swift/unsafemutablebufferpointer/reversed()-3wn5k
---

# reversed()

Returns a view presenting the elements of the collection in reverse order.

## Declaration

```swift
func reversed() -> ReversedCollection<Self>
```

## Discussion

Discussion You can reverse a collection without allocating new space for its elements by calling this reversed() method. A ReversedCollection instance wraps an underlying collection and provides access to its elements in reverse order. This example prints the characters of a string in reverse order: let word = "Backwards" for char in word.reversed() {     print(char, terminator: "") } // Prints "sdrawkcaB" If you need a reversed collection of the same type, you may be able to use the collection’s sequence-based or collection-based initializer. For example, to get the reversed version of a string, reverse its characters and initialize a new String instance from the result. let reversedWord = String(word.reversed()) print(reversedWord) // Prints "sdrawkcaB" note: O(1)