This Caesar Cipher is killing me!

1

I’ve been working on this for two days, reeeally trying not to cheat! I’m totally stuck, with no idea what there is left to do.

Spoiler: Hopefully Not Horrible Code 
function rot13(str) {
  return str.split('').map(str, function(i) {
    if (i.charCodeAt(0) < 65 || i.charCodeAt(0) > 90) {
      return String.fromCharCode(i);
    } else if (i.charCodeAt(0) < 78) {
      return String.fromCharCode(i + 13);
    } else {
      return String.fromCharCode(i - 13);
    }
  }).join('');
}

I’m really confused and I’d appreciate any tips or hints!

2

Hey there – take another look at what you’re feeding into String.fromCharCode in your return statements.

3

A couple of things:

First, it looks like you’re using map incorrectly. The documentation here shows this syntax:

var new_array = arr.map(callback[, thisArg])

Basically, you should be passing just the function into map. No str necessary.

The second thing has to do with this bit of code:

return String.fromCharCode(i + 13)

What is i equal to? (Hint - it’s not a number.)

4

Thanks, you two! I made a variable charCode for the repeated code i.charCodeAt(0) and put it in all the right places. Thanks for the help!

Spoiler: New (Passing!) Code 
function rot13(str) { // LBH QVQ VG!
  return str.split('').map(function(i) {
    var charCode = i.charCodeAt(0);
    if (charCode < 65 || charCode > 90) {
      return i;
    } else if (charCode < 78) {
      return String.fromCharCode(charCode + 13);
    } else {
      return String.fromCharCode(charCode - 13);
    }
  }).join('');
}