The other day I came across a question on Twitter that asked for an example of a string that couldn't be reversed.

I had an inkling that something like an emoji would probably work.

For example, here's what happens when you try to reverse the string "🇺🇸" in Python:

>>> flag = "🇺🇸"
>>> reversed_flag = flag[::-1]
>>> print(reversed_flag)
🇸🇺

Seems kind of weird, right?

Find out what's going on in my latest blog post:

https://davidamos.dev/why-cant-you-reverse-a-flag-emoji.