Find if a string is palindrome using javascript

Checks if the given string is a palindrome using javascript

@author: Abhijit Padhy 
@github: https://github.com/abhijit-padhy

const checkIsGivenStringAPalindrome = (str) => {

const stringLength = str.length;

const mid = Math.floor(stringLength/2);

let isPalindrome = true;

let less = 1, more = 1;

// For even number of letters the logic will be slightly different

if (stringLength % 2 === 0) {

more = 0;

}

for (let i = mid; i > 0; i--) {

if (str[mid - less] !== str[mid + more]) {

isPalindrome = false;

}

less = less + 1;

more = more + 1;

}

return isPalindrome;

};

checkIsGivenStringAPalindrome('madam');

// true

checkIsGivenStringAPalindrome('iadaj');

// false

checkIsGivenStringAPalindrome('paap');

// true

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