Check for Palindromes

bonfire-check-for-palindromes.js

// Bonfire: Check for Palindromes
// Author: @joepichardo
// Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-check-for-palindromes
// Learn to Code at Free Code Camp (www.freecodecamp.com)

function palindrome(str) {
  // Good luck!
  str = str.toLowerCase();
  //replaces spaces, non-alphanumberic, and underscores to no space
  str = str.replace(/ |_|([^\w]*)/gi,"");
  
  //makes a new string so we can compare original and new to find if they are palindromes
  //puts string into array, reverses, and joins them back together into a string
  var newString = str;
  var stringArray = newString.split(""); //splits each letter
  stringArray.reverse();
  newString = stringArray.join("");//joins each letter w/o commas in b/w
  
  //used console to check for any missing arguments
  console.log(str);
  console.log(newString);
  console.log(stringArray);
  
  //checks if string is a palidrome
  if(str === newString){
    return true;
  }else{
    return false;
  }
}



palindrome("eye");