Palindromic Number Generator

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Palindromic Number Generator

When given a positive number value, return a palindromic number and how many steps it took to reach that number.

Specs

Create a function named palindromeNumberGenerator which takes a Number value. Check if the number is a Palindromic Number, if it's not then add together the value and the value-reversed and check if the sum is a palindromic number, repeat until you reach a palindromic number value. Each time you sum up the values to get a new number to check, increase the step count by 1.

Input will always be a positive integer.

Requirements

• Create a Git Repository for this challenge
  • commit often and have your commit messages be descriptive
• Write tests for your function using the Mocha and Chai.
  • Provide test for all cases. Handle unexpected inputs, invalid arguments, etc.

Example #1

Lets, start with palindromeNumberGenerator(87):

• 87 is not a palindromic number, so we will add 87 + 78 (78 is 87 reversed)
  • increase our steps by 1
• 165 is not a palindromic number, so we will add 165 + 651
  • increase our steps by 1
• 726 is not a palindromic number, so we will add 726 + 627
  • increase our steps by 1
• 1353 is not a palindromic number, so we will add 1353 + 3531
  • increase our steps by 1
• 4884 is a palindromic number. Your function will return an object { value: 4884, steps: 4 }

Example #2

palindromeNumberGenerator(1331):

• 1331 is a palindromic number. Your function will return an object { value: 1331, steps: 0 }