DSA/algorithms/JavaScript/src/strings/palindrome.js

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// JavaScript Palindrome Checker: Checks whether a word is the same in reverse.
// Ignores punctuation, capitalization & spaces.
function isPalindrome(str) {
// First convert the string into proper alphanumeric word
const properStr = str.replace(/[_\W]/g, '').toLowerCase();
// Now reverse the proper string
const reverseStr = properStr.split('').reverse().join('');
/*
* Finally compare the proper string and reverse string and
* return true or false
*/
return properStr === reverseStr;
}
// Output to the console
console.log(isPalindrome('eye'));
console.log(isPalindrome('Mr. Owl ate my metal worm'));
console.log(isPalindrome('RAce C*_aR'));
console.log(isPalindrome('asdfggfrd'));