Converts arbitrary string into slack-compatible emoji letters

gimme-sweet-emojis.js

const gimmeSweetEmojis = (input) => {
  let output = "";
  input
    .split("")
    .map(l => l.toLowerCase())
    .forEach(letter => {
        if (letter.match(/[a-z]/i)) output += `:alphabet-yellow-${letter}: `
        else output += letter;
    })
  return output
}

gimmeSweetEmojis("hello sinead")

I think you'll find this is even more obnoxious

const gimmeSweetEmojis = (input) => {
    const whiteOrYellow = (int_or_bust) =>
        int_or_bust % 2 === 0 ? "yellow" : "white"

    return input
        .split("")
        .reduce((output, character, index) => {
            if (character.match(/[a-z]/i)) {
                output += `:alphabet-${whiteOrYellow(index)}-${character}: `
            } else if (character.match(/\s/)) {
                output += "  " // double but whatevs
            }
            else output += character
            return output
        }, "").trimEnd()
}