Mutations - Algorithm Scripting

JavaScript
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Can I get suggestions on this assignment?

function mutation(arr) {
  //console.log (arr[0] + " " + arr[1])

  var test = arr[0].toLowerCase();
  var target = arr[1].toLowerCase();

  //console.log (test + " " + target)

  for (var x=0; x<test.length; x++) {
	  //console.log(x + " " + target.indexOf(test[x]))

	  if (target.indexOf(test[x]) < 0) {
		console.log("These words do not match");
		return false;
	  }
	}
	return true;
}

mutation(["alien", "line"]);

Right now it’s passing most of the tests except for 3, 6, and 7. This is my understanding of the code:
-It takes each value from the array and converts it to lowercase in a new variable.
-A loop runs for the length of the Test variable.
-I’m a little bit confused by the If statement. I think it’s checking to see if the xth letter of Test is found in the Target variable.
-If the xth letter of Test is not found, a negative number is produced which breaks the loop and returns false.
-But if it goes through the whole length of Test without a problem, it returns true.

I guess I’m flummoxed why some of the cases (Mary & Army) are testing right, but other cases (Alien & line, floor & for) are testing wrong?

2

Oh doi! I mixed up Test and Target right at the beginning. The 0 value in the array is the Target, and the 1 value in the array is the Test.

I thought I’d done something wrong with the indexOf because I didn’t fully understand it, but it was just the way I’d declared the variables. It was testing backwards… Okay, never mind!