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title: Generate lower case ASCII alphabet
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id: 5a23c84252665b21eecc7e7a
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challengeType: 5
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isHidden: false
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forumTopicId: 302274
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---
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## Description
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<section id='description'>
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Write a function to generate an array of lower case ASCII characters for a given range. For example, given the range <code>['a', 'd']</code>, the function should return <code>['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']</code>.
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</section>
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## Instructions
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<section id='instructions'>
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</section>
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## Tests
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<section id='tests'>
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```yml
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tests:
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- text: <code>lascii</code> should be a function.
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testString: assert(typeof lascii=='function');
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- text: <code>lascii("a","d")</code> should return an array.
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testString: assert(Array.isArray(lascii('a','d')));
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- text: "<code>lascii('a','d')</code> should return <code>[ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' ]</code>."
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testString: assert.deepEqual(lascii("a","d"),results[0]);
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- text: <code>lascii('c','i')</code> should return <code>[ 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i' ]</code>.
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testString: assert.deepEqual(lascii("c","i"),results[1]);
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- text: <code>lascii('m','q')</code> should return <code>[ 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q' ]</code>.
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testString: assert.deepEqual(lascii("m","q"),results[2]);
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- text: <code>lascii('k','n')</code> should return <code>[ 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n' ]</code>.
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testString: assert.deepEqual(lascii("k","n"),results[3]);
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- text: <code>lascii('t','z')</code> should return <code>[ 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' ]</code>.
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testString: assert.deepEqual(lascii("t","z"),results[4]);
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```
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</section>
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## Challenge Seed
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<section id='challengeSeed'>
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<div id='js-seed'>
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```js
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function lascii(cFrom, cTo) {
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// Good luck!
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}
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```
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</div>
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### After Test
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<div id='js-teardown'>
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```js
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let results=[
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[ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' ],
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[ 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i' ],
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[ 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q' ],
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[ 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n' ],
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[ 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' ]
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]
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```
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</div>
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</section>
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## Solution
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<section id='solution'>
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```js
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function lascii(cFrom, cTo) {
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function cRange(cFrom, cTo) {
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var iStart = cFrom.charCodeAt(0);
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return Array.apply(
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null, Array(cTo.charCodeAt(0) - iStart + 1)
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).map(function (_, i) {
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return String.fromCharCode(iStart + i);
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});
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}
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return cRange(cFrom, cTo);
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}
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```
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</section>
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