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
By using ES6 spread operator you could do something like this:
let alphabet = [...Array(26).keys()].map(i => String.fromCharCode(i + 97));