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Detect word palindromes
import sys
from Queue import Queue
class Solution:
def __init__(self,):
self.stack = []
self.queue = Queue()
def pushCharacter(self, ch):
self.stack.append(ch)
def enqueueCharacter(self, ch):
self.queue.put(ch)
def popCharacter(self):
return self.stack.pop()
def dequeueCharacter(self):
return self.queue.get()
# read the string s
s=raw_input()
#Create the Solution class object
obj=Solution()
l=len(s)
# push/enqueue all the characters of string s to stack
for i in range(l):
obj.pushCharacter(s[i])
obj.enqueueCharacter(s[i])
isPalindrome=True
'''
pop the top character from stack
dequeue the first character from queue
compare both the characters
'''
for i in range(l / 2):
if obj.popCharacter()!=obj.dequeueCharacter():
isPalindrome=False
break
#finally print whether string s is palindrome or not.
if isPalindrome:
sys.stdout.write ("The word, "+s+", is a palindrome.")
else:
sys.stdout.write ("The word, "+s+", is not a palindrome.")
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