Names-Scores.js

/*
Description: Using names, an array defined in the background containing over five-thousand first names, 
begin by sorting it into alphabetical order. Then working out the alphabetical value for each name, multiply 
this value by its alphabetical position in the list to obtain a name score. For example, when the list is sorted 
into alphabetical order, COLIN, which is worth 3 + 15 + 12 + 9 + 14 = 53, is the 938th name in the list. So, 
COLIN would obtain a score of 938 × 53 = 49714. What is the total of all the name scores in the array?
*/
function namesScores(arr) {
  //sort the array alphabetically
  arr.sort()
  let count  = 0
  for(let i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
    let counter = 0
    for(let j=0; j<arr[i].length; j++){
      //count the value of the current word
      counter += arr[i].toLowerCase().charCodeAt(j) - 96 
    }
    //count the value of the word in the specific index
    //and compute the current sum
    count = counter*(i+1) + count
  }
  console.log(count)
  return count;
}

// Only change code above this line
const test1 = ['THIS', 'IS', 'ONLY', 'A', 'TEST'];
const test2 = ['I', 'REPEAT', 'THIS', 'IS', 'ONLY', 'A', 'TEST'];

namesScores(test1);