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Practice Python 6: Is it a palindrome?
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#a = [5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40] | |
#b = a[::-1] | |
#print(b) | |
isPalindrome = input('Please enter a word: ') | |
isPalindrome1 = list(isPalindrome) # Converting string to list | |
isPalindrome2 = isPalindrome1[::-1] # Secondary list for comparison | |
#for i in isPalindrome1: # This is iterating automatically, due to the for loops nature | |
i = 0 | |
palindrome = [] | |
while i < len(isPalindrome): | |
if isPalindrome1[i] == isPalindrome2[i]: #Integers are fine, but elements in lists cannot be compared as an index. | |
palindrome.append(isPalindrome1[i]) | |
i += 1 | |
if i == len(isPalindrome): | |
print('This word is a palindrome') | |
else: | |
print('This word is not a palindrome') | |
break |
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