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http://www.freecodecamp.com/terdia 's solution for Bonfire: Check for Palindromes
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| // Bonfire: Check for Palindromes | |
| // Author: @terdia | |
| // Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-check-for-palindromes?solution=function%20palindrome(str)%20%7B%0A%20%20%2F%2F%20Good%20luck!%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%2F%2Fgnoring%20punctuation%2C%20case%2C%20and%20spacing%0A%20%20var%20strippedString%20%3D%20str.toLowerCase().replace(%2F%5CW%7C_%2Fg%2C%20%27%27)%3B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%2F%2Freverse%20the%20string%20entered%20in%20the%20function%20%0A%20%20var%20reverseString%20%3D%20strippedString.split(%22%22).reverse().join(%22%22)%3B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%2F%2Fcheck%20if%20reverseString%20is%20equal%20to%20strippedString%20then%20return%20true%20%0A%20%20%2F%2Felse%20return%20false%0A%20%20%0A%20%20if(strippedString%20%3D%3D%3D%20reverseString)%7B%0A%20%20%20%20return%20true%3B%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20return%20false%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0Apalindrome(%22A%20man%2C%20a%20plan%2C%20a%20canal.%20Panama%22)%3B%0A | |
| // Learn to Code at Free Code Camp (www.freecodecamp.com) | |
| function palindrome(str) { | |
| // Good luck! | |
| //gnoring punctuation, case, and spacing | |
| var strippedString = str.toLowerCase().replace(/\W|_/g, ''); | |
| //reverse the string entered in the function | |
| var reverseString = strippedString.split("").reverse().join(""); | |
| //check if reverseString is equal to strippedString then return true | |
| //else return false | |
| if(strippedString === reverseString){ | |
| return true; | |
| } | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| palindrome("A man, a plan, a canal. Panama"); |
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