Creating filter function loop

[Angie Vale]

I’m using Isotope to filter items with names beginning with A through to Z.
Rather then creating 26 filter functions I would like to create a loop which loops through an array A to Z.
This is what I have for the first 2 functions, I’m not sure how to declare my array A-Z and then loop through them to create a filter function for each letter of the alphabet.

// filter functions
var filterFns = {

	// show if name begins with A
	A: function() {
		var name = $(this).find('.name').text();
		return name.startsWith( "A" );
	},
	// show if name begins with B
	B: function() {
		var name = $(this).find('.name').text();
		return name.startsWith( "B" );
	}
};

[Zac Gordon]

Hi Angie!

Will the normal .sort() work?

[Angie Vale]

I only want to show the taxonomy terms beginning with each letter – so when you select A I want to show the taxonomy terms that begin with A, when you select B I want to show the taxonomy terms that begin with B, and so on. It is like an A-Z glossary that you can filter by letter. I have it working but only by creating 26 filter functions for A to Z. I am keen to learn if there is a way of doing this via a loop.

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