CODE EXAMPLE FOR CPP

palindrome

# Note: A palindrome is a string that reads the same forwards and backwards.
def palindrome_function(original_list, user_string):
    # reversing the list
    reversed_list = original_list[::-1]

    # comparing reversed_list to original_list to
    # determine if the original_list is a palindrome
    if reversed_list == original_list:
        print("'" + user_string.lower() + "' is a palindrome.")
    else:
        print("'" + user_string.lower() + "' is not a palindrome!")
        
        
def main():
    # promting user to input a word or phrase
    user_string = input("Enter string: ")
    
    user_list = list(user_string.lower())

	# putting our palindrome_function() to use
    palindrome_function(user_list, user_string)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()