Yes, I absolutely agree. Truthfully though, I'm kind of new to functional programming...I have limited experience with SCALA, and am still trying to wrap my head around it. Anyone else want to take a stab at creating a sound Javascript solution with a functional paradigm?

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say. You are correct when you say, "There is no [guarantee] that the number will be [in] the same spot in the name." You will have to find some way to search through the string to find it. This is an exercise to test your understanding of string manipulation.

There is a hint given that the number which corresponds to the quote in the array, is somewhere AFTER the first three characters of the name. You are also guaranteed that the quotes either belong to Robin, Joker, or Batman. No other characters are listed. So given that information, you need to think of a clever way to figure out who the quotes in the array belongs to, knowing that the number in the provided string corresponds to the quote's index. In that sense, this problem is also an exercise of problem solving.

The only "hardcoded" part of the solution you must provide is the format for the output.

hmm, interesting. I was able to approve your forked version...but it hasn't merged with the current/master version.

Having trouble approving your translation. I get this warning: "Description cannot be approved, recent changes from related record must be merged first."

I'm unsure which "related record" this is referring to.