In Ruby I can do (\'a\'..\'z\').to_a and to get [\'a\', \'b\', \'c\', \'d\', ... \'z\'].
(\'a\'..\'z\').to_a
[\'a\', \'b\', \'c\', \'d\', ... \'z\']
Do jQuery or Javascript provide a similar construc
A short ES6 version:
const alphabet = [...'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz']