how to call a function using the output of a prior function in javascript

Question

stuck on this little part in JavaScript. I currently have a program that when a button is pressed it takes an input file and reads it line by line and determines which lines are palindromes and then outputs them to the console. My goal is to then take those palindromes and run the next function on them (called frequency) and output the results of the function to the console. However, I can't figure out how to do that.

Here is my code:

window.addEventListener('load', function() {
  document.getElementById("myBtn").addEventListener("click", function() {
    var reader = new FileReader();
    reader.addEventListener('load', function() {
      const sentences = this.result.split(/\r?\n/);
      const palindromes = sentences.filter((line) => {
        return palindrome(line);
      });
      console.log('all sentences:', sentences);
      console.log('only palindromes:', palindromes);
    });
    reader.readAsText(document.querySelector('input').files[0]);
  });
}, true);

function palindrome(str) {
  if (str === '')
    return false;
  var re = /[\W_]/g;
  var lowRegStr = str.toLowerCase().replace(re, '');
  var reverseStr = lowRegStr.split('').reverse().join('');
  return reverseStr === lowRegStr;
}

function frequency(str) {
//some code
}

<label for="upload">Upload file to find palindromes:</label>
<br />
<input type="file" name="upload" id="upload">
<button id="myBtn">Go!</button>

Any advice? Thanks!

edit: this is what i'm inputting

 mom
 Racecar!
 another line

Call `frequency()` at the same location you `console.log()` the lists of sentences and palindromes. You can do this in a loop of your choosing. — Randy Casburn, Jan 27 '21 at 15:04

mplungjan · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-27T18:56:01.830

You need to run it over the palindromes

const re = /[\W_]/g;
const clean = word => word.replace(re, '');
const palindrome = str => {
  if (str === '') return false;
  var lowRegStr = clean(str).toLowerCase(); // compare clean
  var reverseStr = lowRegStr.split('').reverse().join('');
  console.log(lowRegStr,reverseStr)
  return reverseStr === lowRegStr;
};

const frequency = s => [...s].reduce((a, c) => (a[c] = a[c] + 1 || 1) && a, {}); // https://stackoverflow.com/a/58600923/295783

const process = file => {
  const sentences = file.split(/\r?\n/);
  const palindromes = sentences.map(word => clean(word).toLowerCase()).filter(palindrome); // filter after clean
  const freq = palindromes.map(palindrome => ({
    palindrome,
    freq: frequency(palindrome)
  }));

  const freqAll = frequency(palindromes.join(""))

  console.log('all sentences:', sentences);
  console.log('only palindromes:', palindromes);
  console.log(freq);
  console.log("All",freqAll);
}

// replace the test result below with your file getting
const result = `mom
Racecar!
another line`
process(result); // goes into the success of the file getting

replace the lines starting with const result until end with

window.addEventListener('load', function() {
  document.getElementById("myBtn").addEventListener("click", function() {
    const reader = new FileReader();
    reader.addEventListener('load', function() { process(this.result) });
    reader.readAsText(document.querySelector('input').files[0]);
  });
});

Please see update and https://jsfiddle.net/mplungjan/hej5myup/ — mplungjan, Jan 27 '21 at 16:09
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/227913/discussion-between-sparks-and-mplungjan). — sparks, Jan 27 '21 at 19:12

how to call a function using the output of a prior function in javascript

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