palindrome.py

class Node(object):

    def __init__(self, data, prev, next):
        self.data = data
        self.prev = prev
        self.next = next

class DoubleList(object):

    head = None
    tail = None
    size = 0

    def append(self, data):
        new_node = Node(data, None, None)
        if self.head is None:
            self.head = self.tail = new_node
        else:
            new_node.prev = self.tail
            new_node.next = None
            self.tail.next = new_node
            self.tail = new_node
        self.size += 1

    def remove(self, node_value):
        current_node = self.head

        while current_node is not None:
            if current_node.data == node_value:
                # if it's not the first element
                if current_node.prev is not None:
                    current_node.prev.next = current_node.next
                    current_node.next.prev = current_node.prev
                else:
                    # otherwise we have no prev (it's None), head is the next one, and prev becomes None
                    self.head = current_node.next
                    current_node.next.prev = None

            current_node = current_node.next
        self.size -= 1

    def show(self):
        print "Show list data:"
        current_node = self.head
        while current_node is not None:
            print current_node.prev.data if hasattr(current_node.prev, "data") else None,
            print current_node.data,
            print current_node.next.data if hasattr(current_node.next, "data") else None

            current_node = current_node.next
        print "*"*50



word = raw_input("Enter word : ")
d = DoubleList()
for char in word:
    d.append(char)

# check if word is palindrome or not
def isPalindrome(d):
    first = d.head
    last = d.tail
    size = d.size

    while(size > 0):
        if first.data != last.data:
            return False
        first = first.next
        last = last.prev
        size -= 1
    return True

print isPalindrome(d)