hackealo.js

/*
 function identifyOrder(order_string){
 var order =[];
 for (var i = 0; i < order_string.length; i++) {
 order.push(order_string.charAt(i));
 }
 return order;
 }
 function ordenar_extraterrestre(desordenadas, orden_alfabeto){
 // var array = ['revestir', 'miel', 'extraterrestre', 'auto', 'automovil', 'al'];
 // return array;
 var ordenadas = [];
 var order = identifyOrder(orden_alfabeto);
 order.forEach(function(key) {
 var found = false;
 list = desordenadas.filter(function(item) {
 if(!found && item[1] == key) {
 ordenadas.push(item);
 found = true;
 return false;
 } else
 return true;
 })
 })
 ordenadas.forEach(function(item) {
 return (item[0]) /// Bob Jason Henry Thomas Andrew
 })
 }
 console.log(ordenar_extraterrestre(lista, alfabeto));
 */
//create the alphabet and assign each letter a number

//we create a function that can assign a value to each letter according to the input/order provided
//function to get object size for future use
Object.size = function(obj) {
    var size = 0, key;
    for (key in obj) {
        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) size++;
    }
    return size;
};

function rosettaStone(order_string){
    var alphabet_values = new Object();
    for (var i = 0; i < order_string.length; i++) {
        alphabet_values[order_string.charAt(i)] = i;

    }
    return alphabet_values;
}
//extract items/words from array and convert them into numeric arrays

function splitWords(theArray) {
    var newList = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < theArray.length; i++) {
        // i= 1 miel
        for (var x = 0; x < theArray[i].length; x++) {
            newList[i]= theArray[i].split('');
        }
    }
    return newList;
}
var alfabeto = 'zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba';
var lista = ['miel', 'extraterrestre', 'al', 'automovil', 'auto', 'revestir'];

function convertNumeric(){
    var sortingArr = rosettaStone(alfabeto);
    var sortingSize = Object.size(sortingArr);
    var itemsArr = splitWords(lista);
    var sortedArray = [];

    //use this for nodejs
    /*
    Object.keys(sortingArr).forEach(function(key) {
        var val = sortingArr[key];
        console.log(val);
    });
    */
    //console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(sortingArr)[1]);
    var words = itemsArr;

        for (var i =0; i < words.length; i++){
            for (var n = 0, len = words[i].length; n < len; n++) {
                console.log(words[i][n]);
                for ( var u =0; u < sortingSize; u++){
                    if (words[i][n] === Object.getOwnPropertyNames(sortingArr)[u]){

                        console.log(sortingArr[Object.getOwnPropertyNames(sortingArr)[u]])
                    }
                }
            }
        }


    //console.log(sortedArray);
}

convertNumeric();
/*
 var alien_rosetta =  {z: 1, y: 2, x: 3, w: 4, v: 5, u: 6, t: 7, s: 8, r: 9, q: 10, p: 11, o:12, n: 13, m:14, l:15, k:16, j: 17, i: 18, h: 19, g: 20, f: 21, e: 22, d: 23, c: 24, b: 25, a: 26};
 //convert each array item (word) into its numeric value
 // "miel" = [13,9,5,12]
 //compare each array/word to see which one goes before which one eg:
 //we can see here that automovil has a smaller second (automovil[1]) number than al (al[1])
 //"automovil" = [26, 6.....]
 //"al" =        [26, 15]
 list = lista.filter(function(item){
 console.log(item);
 });
 var i;
 for(i=0; i < lista.length; i++){
 console.log(lista[i].charAt(0));
 }
 */