what am i doing wrong?reverse string c++ - c++

Question

so I want to do the simplest thing in c++ , reverse a string (store the new string) and than print it
my code is :
char a[size] , reverse[size];
strcpy(a,"dlow olleh " );
for (int i = 0 ; i <= strlen(a); i++) {
reverse[i]= a[strlen(a)-i];
}
cout << reverse ;
I must note that when
cout << reverse[i] ;
is inside the for loop every thing wotks fine , but when I wwant to print it as a string it just don't , I cant under stand what ive missed
cout << reverse[i] ;

Answer 1

what am i doing wrong?
You are using arrays of char and functions of the C Standard Library to manipulate strings in C++.
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
std::string foo{ "Hello, World!" };
std::string bar{ foo };
std::reverse(bar.begin(), bar.end());
std::cout << '\"' << foo << "\" ==> \"" << bar << "\"\n";
}
If – for some reason beyond my comprehension – you *have to* do it by foot, do it in an idiomatic way and provide an interface that takes a pair of iterators:
#include <algorithm>
void str_reverse(char *begin, char *end)
{
while (begin < end)
std::swap(*begin++, *--end);
}
// ...
#include <cstring>
// ...
char foo[]{ "Hello, World!" };
str_reverse(foo, foo + std::strlen(foo));
If you can't use <algorithm> for whatever reason implement your own swap():
template<typename T>
void swap(T &a, T &b)
{
T tmp{ a };
a = b;
b = tmp;
}

Answer 2

In this loop
for (int i = 0 ; i <= strlen(a); i++){
reverse[i]= a[strlen(a)-i];
you are accessing characters beyond the actual characters of the strings.
For example when i is equal to 0 you are coping the terminating zero character from the string a into the first position of the string reverse.
reverse[0]= a[strlen(a)-0];
the code can be written simpler without for example reduntant calls of the function strlen.
char a[size], reverse[size];
strcpy( a, "dlrow olleh" );
size_t i = 0;
for ( size_t n = strlen( a ); i < n; i++ )
{
reverse[i] = a[n - i - 1];
}
reverse[i] = '\0';
std::cout << reverse << '\n';
Pay attention to that there is the standard algorithm std::reverse_copy that does the same task.
Below there is a demonstrative program.
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstring>
int main()
{
const size_t SIZE = 20;
char a[SIZE], reverse[SIZE];
std::strcpy( a, "dlrow olleh" );
std::cout << a <<'\n';
auto it = std::reverse_copy( a, a + strlen( a ), reverse );
*it = '\0';
std::cout << reverse <<'\n';
return 0;
}
The program output is
dlrow olleh
hello world

Answer 3

The first you copy when reversing the string is in fact the null terminator so when you are printing it to console it will not show up since the null terminator is the first in the array so you want to do this instead
int size = 12;
char a[12], reverse[12];
strcpy(a, "dlow olleh ");
for (int i = 0; i < strlen(a); i++) {
reverse[i] = a[strlen(a) - (i+1)];
}
reverse[strlen(a)] = '\0';
cout << reverse;