[removed] Quickly lookup value in object (like we can with properties)

Question

I have an object that has pairs of replacement values used for simple encoding / decoding (not for security, just for a convenience; too complicated to explain it all here).

Answer 1

A reverse encoder would make more sense, but you can write a replace function without all the hasOwnProperty etc.tests.

var str= 'Hello World!',
obj={
    's':'d',
    'm':'e',
    'e':'h',
    'x':'l',
    'z':'o',
    'i':'r',
    'a':'w',
    'o':'!',
    '-':' '
}
str= str.replace(/./g, function(w){
    for(var p in obj){
        if(obj[p]=== w) return p;
        if(obj[p]=== w.toLowerCase()) return p.toUpperCase();
    };
    return w;
});

returned value: (String) Emxxz-Azixso