palindromeChecker.js

function palindrome(str) {
  /* steps:
    remove punctuation, spaces symbols
    turn everything into lowercase
    check if string inverted === str
   */
  let regexRemove = /[,.'"?!@#$%^&*()_-\s]/g
  str = str.replace(regexRemove,"").toLowerCase()
  // now we have a clean string
  let newThing = []
  for(let i = 0; i < str.length; i++){
    newThing.unshift(str[i])
  }
  newThing = newThing.join("")
  if(newThing === str) {
    return true
  }
  return false
}

console.log(palindrome("beye"));