python_reference/useful_scripts/palindrome.py
2014-04-13 16:26:15 -04:00

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# Sebastian Raschka 04/2014
def palindrome(my_str):
"""
Returns True if an input string is a palindrome. Else returns False.
"""
stripped_str = "".join(l.lower() for l in my_str if l.isalpha())
return stripped_str == stripped_str[::-1]
if __name__ == '__main__':
test1 = 'Hello World!'
test2 = "Go hang a salami. I'm a lasagna hog."
print('test1', palindrome(test1))
print('test2', palindrome(test2))