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Create a function that takes a string of words and returns the highest scoring word. Each letter of a word scores points according to it's position in the alphabet: a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, etc.
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| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h3>Please enter a string !</h3> | |
| </br> | |
| <input type="text" id="input" placeholder="String Input"> | |
| </br> | |
| <button id="Submit" onclick="val()">Check</button> | |
| <input type="text" id="results" hidden> | |
| <script> | |
| var sum = [], // sum of characters in word | |
| arr = []; //input array for whole string | |
| function val() { //dunction to retreieve value of string | |
| var input = $("#input").val(), | |
| arr = input.split(" "), | |
| largest = 0, | |
| result = ""; | |
| for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { | |
| var s = arr[i], | |
| total = 0; | |
| for (var j = 0; j < s.length; j++) { | |
| var calc = s.toLowerCase().charCodeAt(j) - 97 + 1; | |
| total += calc; | |
| } | |
| sum.push(total); | |
| for (let k = 0; k < sum.length; k++) { | |
| if (sum[k] > largest) { | |
| largest = sum[k]; | |
| result = arr[i]; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| $("#results").removeAttr('hidden').val(result); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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