Integer Reversal - Common Interview Problem

Hi all, I'll make this quick and go straight to the meat and paneer :) of things.

Reversing a string or reversing a number is one of the common questions asked at programming interviews. Let’s take a look at how this is done.

Limitations/Rules:
negative numbers should remain negative
any leading zeroes must be removed
function that can accept floats or integers
the function will return integers a integers

//enclose your code in parsefloat first
const reversedNum = num => { parseFloat(num.toString()
 .split('')
 .reverse()
 .join(''))*Math.sign(num) //make sure you multiply by this to correct the negative sign 
}
reverseNum(1234) // 4321

Ok, so now we have mentioned the limitations, let's break down the following arrow function solution into step.Arrow functions have an implicit return value — if they can be written in one line, without the need for the{} braces.

1. Notice, first we must convert the number into a string in order to use the split array method. num.toString() converts the given number into a String so we can use the split function on it next.
2. the split function - takes a a string and turns it into a array of characters, we need to do this in order to use the next array reverse function.
3. Reverse the array - num.reverse() reverses the order of the items in the array
4. join() function - num.join() function - combines the reversed characters into a string.
5. Parse the input value into a floating point number. parseFloat(num) converts num into a float from a String. Notice the example below, it removes the 0s and the - and gives you only the float point numbers.

num = '0012345-'
parseFloat(num)
//num - 12345 

1. Multiply it by the sign of the original number in order to maintain the negative value. num* Math.sign(num)

original value of num = -5432100
//num = 12345

num * Math.sign(-5432100)

//num = -12345

and there you have it!