Alphabetical Word Check - PhillyDev Slack #daily_programmer - 20170302

dp20170302.js

let words = [
  'abort', 'times', 'alloy', 'taught', 'arrow', 'know', 'below', 'onscreen',
  'berry', 'idea', 'cello', 'spoonfeed', 'asked', 'deist', 'worlds', 'feint',
  'best', 'floss', 'suggest', 'hilly', 'hippy'
];

function alphabeticalWord(word) {
  let letters = word.split('').sort().join('');
  // return (word == letters) ? true : false;
  // Simplifing the return statement after feedback from Brian McElaney
  return (word == letters);
}

function alphabeticalWordReverse(word) {
  let letters = word.split('').sort().reverse().join('');
  return (word == letters);
}

console.log('\Check:');
let checks = words.map(alphabeticalWord);
checks.forEach(function(result, i) {
  console.log(words[i], result);
});

console.log('\nReverse Check:');
checks = words.map(alphabeticalWordReverse);
checks.forEach(function(result, i) {
  console.log(words[i], result);
});