Reverse(TSource) Method

Enumerable.Reverse(Of TSource) Method (IEnumerable(Of TSource))


Inverts the order of the elements in a sequence.

Namespace:   System.Linq
Assembly:  System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

Public Shared Function Reverse(Of TSource) (
	source As IEnumerable(Of TSource)
) As IEnumerable(Of TSource)


Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of TSource)

A sequence of values to reverse.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of TSource)

A sequence whose elements correspond to those of the input sequence in reverse order.

Type Parameters


The type of the elements of source.

Exception Condition

source is null.

This method is implemented by using deferred execution. The immediate return value is an object that stores all the information that is required to perform the action. The query represented by this method is not executed until the object is enumerated either by calling its GetEnumerator method directly or by using foreach in Visual C# or For Each in Visual Basic.

Unlike OrderBy, this sorting method does not consider the actual values themselves in determining the order. Rather, it just returns the elements in the reverse order from which they are produced by the underlying source.

The following code example demonstrates how to use Reverse(Of TSource) to reverse the order of elements in an array.

' Create a List of Char values.
Dim appleLetters As New List(Of Char)(New Char() _
                                      {"a"c, "P"c, "P"c, "L"c, "E"c})

' Reverse the order of the elements in the list.
' (We have to call AsEnumerable() in order to
' use System.Linq.Enumerable's Reverse() method.
Dim reversed() As Char = _

Dim output As New System.Text.StringBuilder
For Each chr As Char In reversed
    output.Append(chr & " ")

' Display the output.

' This code produces the following output:
' E L P P a 

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 4.5
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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