What am I doing wrong with the palindrome code?

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:

Your code so far


function reverseString(str) {
  var ignore= /[\W_]/g;
  var str2=str.toLowerCase().replace(ignore,'');
  var str3=str2.split("").reverse().join("");
  return str3;
}

function palindrome(str) {
 
var newString=reverseString(str);

  
  if (newString===str){
  return true;
  }
 
else {
  return false;
}
}
palindrome("race car");

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Link to the challenge:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/challenges/check-for-palindromes

3

Hello,
The reason behind this:
your newString = racecar and str = race car (These two are not equal).

Try below code: (you have to bring str to the same state)

var ignore= /[\W_]/g;

function reverseString(str) {  
  var str2=str.toLowerCase().replace(ignore,'');
  var str3=str2.split("").reverse().join("");
  return str3;
}

function palindrome(str) {
 
  var newString=reverseString(str);
  str = str.toLowerCase().replace(ignore,'');
    
  if (newString===str){
  return true;
  }else {
  return false;
}
}


palindrome("race car");
4

Thanks…I understood the mistake, Solved it…!:slightly_smiling_face: