THE CODE FOR: TACO CAT

                        
                            // Get Information - Step One
function getMessage() {

    let msg = document.getElementById("txtMessage").value;

    if (msg == "") {
        alert("You must enter a string!");

    } else {
        // Changing output to "lowercase" regardless of input.
        msg = msg.toLowerCase();
        // Declaring regex as a constant to prevent modifcation.
        const regex = /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/gi;
        msg = msg.replace(regex, '');

        let palinObj = reverseMessage(msg);
        displayMessage(palinObj);
    }

}

function reverseMessage(originalWord) {

    let revWord = "";
    let returnObj = {};

    revWord = originalWord.split("").reverse().join("");


    if (originalWord == revWord) {
        returnObj.message = `The word/phrase is a palindrome!`
        returnObj.IsPalindrome = true;
    } else {
        returnObj.message = `The word/phrase is not a palindrome!`
        returnObj.IsPalindrome = false;
    }

    returnObj.originalWord = originalWord;
    returnObj.reversedWord = revWord;

    return returnObj;

}

// Final Step - View
function displayMessage(palinObj) {

    element = document.getElementById("results");
    element.innerHTML = `${palinObj.message} - ${palinObj.originalWord}`;

}
                        
                    

The code is structured in three functions.

getMessage

"Gets" the word or phrase entered by the user, converts it to lowercase, and then removes any specialized characters (including spaces).

reverseMessage

"Reverses" the the word or phrase and validates whether it is in fact a palindrome (the same forward an backward).

displayMessage

"Displays" whether or not the user-provided word/ phrase is a palindrome.