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/**
* Design an function that, given a string, returns true if the string is a palindrome and false if it is not.
* Conditions:
* 1. The string may contain spaces and punctuation, but they are not considered when detecting palindromeness.
* Just ignore them.
* 2. The string may contain numbers, but must contain at least one letter.
* 3. Consider all alphanumeric characters. The string must be the same backwards as it is normally.
* 4. When developing your algorithm, try to take performance into account.
*/
function isPalindrome(phrase = '') {
// must contain at least one letter.
if (!/[A-Za-z]/i.test(phrase)) return false;
const sanitized = phrase.replace(/\W/g, '') // strip spaces and punctuation
.toLowerCase(); // normalize
const reverse = [sanitized] // break letters into array
.reverse() // reverse letters
.join(''); // put it back into string
return sanitized === reverse;
}
console.clear();
console.log(isPalindrome(Math.random().toString(16)))
console.log(isPalindrome(Date.now()))
console.log(isPalindrome(1))
console.log(isPalindrome('1'))
console.log(isPalindrome('bob!'))
console.log(isPalindrome('racecar'))
console.log(isPalindrome('Bob1!'))
console.log(isPalindrome('1Bob1!'))
console.log(isPalindrome('!tattarrattat!'))
console.log(isPalindrome('saippuakivikauppias'))
console.log(isPalindrome('"A man, a plan, a canal. Panama'))
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