Javascript map method on array of string elements

Question

I am trying to understand how to implement the map method (rather than using a for loop) to check a string for palindromes and return boolean values for whether the mapped a

Answer 1

Thanks for your input, all. This is the code I ended up with. I fixed the scope issues in the original post. My main problem was understanding the syntax of the map method. In particular, I could not understand from other online resources how to determine the value in the callback function. So, with much help from above I have placed the map method inside the palindromeChecker, and done all of the work on the array inside the map function.

var palindromeChecker = function(string) {
var newString = string.toLowerCase().split(' ');
newString.map(function(item) {
  console.log(item.split('').reverse().join('') === item);
  });
}; 

palindromeChecker("What pop did dad drink today");

//Returns false, true, true, true, false, false