Why doesn't this function exit after the first iteration?

Question

I do understand how the following function works in general. BUT why doesn't it exit after the first iteration (when there is a palindrome)? It checks the first character against the last in the if statement, which is true, what should (in my logic) execute the return statement... Thank you for any help explaining this! :)

function palindrome(str) {
  var lowerCaseStr = str.toLowerCase();
  for (var i = 0; i < lowerCaseStr.length; i++)
  debugger;
    if (lowerCaseStr[i] === lowerCaseStr[lowerCaseStr.length - i - 1]){
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}

Answer 1

You need to switch the logic, check for inequality and return false. If you reach the end, return true.

function palindrome(str) {
    var lowerCaseStr = str.toLowerCase();
    for (var i = 0; i < lowerCaseStr.length; i++) {
        debugger;
        if (lowerCaseStr[i] !== lowerCaseStr[lowerCaseStr.length - i - 1]) {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}