Construct Object from String in JavaScript

We are required to write a function that takes in a string as the first and the only argument and constructs an object with its keys based on the unique characters of the string and value of each key being defaulted to 0.

For example: If the input string is −

const str = 'hello world!';

Output

Then the output object should be −

const obj = { "h": 0, "e": 0, "l": 0, "o": 0, " ": 0, "w": 0, "r": 0, "d": 0, "!": 0 };

Example

Let’s write the code for this function −

const str = 'hello world!';
const stringToObject = str => {
   return str.split("").reduce((acc, val) => {
      acc[val] = 0;
      return acc;
   }, {});
};
console.log(stringToObject(str));
console.log(stringToObject('is it an object'));

Output

The output in the console −

{ h: 0, e: 0, l: 0, o: 0, ' ': 0, w: 0, r: 0, d: 0, '!': 0 }
{ i: 0, s: 0, ' ': 0, t: 0, a: 0, n: 0, o: 0, b: 0, j: 0, e: 0, c: 0 }