Change the caret icon to upside down in drop down - HTML CSS Bootstrap

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Description

Change the caret icon to upside down in drop down

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  <style>
  /* Style to reverse the caret icon from pointing downwards to upwards */
  .caret.caret-up {<!-- w w  w .  j a va2 s  .co  m-->
    border-top-width: 0;
    border-bottom: 4px solid #fff;
  }
  </style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container">
  <h2>Change the caret symbol on dropdown</h2>
  <div class="dropdown">
    <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown
    <span class="caret"></span></button>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li><a href="#">HTML</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">CSS</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">JavaScript</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $(".dropdown").on("hide.bs.dropdown", function(){
    $(".btn").html('Dropdown <span class="caret"></span>');
  });
  $(".dropdown").on("show.bs.dropdown", function(){
    $(".btn").html('Dropdown <span class="caret caret-up"></span>');
  });
});
</script>

</body>
</html>

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