Python program to check if a string is palindrome or not

Given a string, write a python function to check if it is palindrome or not. A string is said to be palindrome if reverse of the string is same as string. For example, “radar” is palindrome, but “radix” is not palindrome.

Examples:

Input : malayalam
Output : Yes

Input : geeks
Output : No

Method #1
1) Find reverse of string
2) Check if reverse and original are same or not.

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# function which return reverse of a string
def reverse(s):
    return s[::-1]
  
def isPalindrome(s):
    # Calling reverse function
    rev = reverse(s)
  
    # Checking if both string are equal or not
    if (s == rev):
        return True
    return False
  
  
# Driver code
s = "malayalam"
ans = isPalindrome(s)
  
if ans == 1:
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

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Output : 


Yes


Iterative Method: This method is contributed by Shariq Raza. Run loop from starting to length/2 and check first character to last character of string and second to second last one and so on …. If any character mismatches, the string wouldn’t be palindrome.


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# function to check string is  


# palindrome or not  


def isPalindrome(str): 


  


    # Run loop from 0 to len/2  


    for i in xrange(0, len(str)/2):  


        if str[i] != str[len(str)-i-1]: 


            return False


    return True


  


# main function 


s = "malayalam"


ans = isPalindrome(s) 


  


if (ans): 


    print("Yes") 


else: 


    print("No") 



















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Output:


Yes



Method using inbuilt function to reverse a string: This method is contributed by Shariq Raza. In this method, predefined function ‘ ‘.join(reversed(string)) is used to reverse string. 


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# function to check string is  


# palindrome or not 


def isPalindrome(s): 


      


    # Using predefined function to  


    # reverse to string print(s) 


    rev = ''.join(reversed(s)) 


  


    # Checking if both string are  


    # equal or not 


    if (s == rev): 


        return True


    return False


  


# main function 


s = "malayalam"


ans = isPalindrome(s) 


  


if (ans): 


    print("Yes") 


else: 


    print("No") 



















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Output:


Yes



Method using one extra variable: In this method user take a character of string one by one and store in a empty variable.After storing all the character user will compare both the string and check whether it is palindrome or not.











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# Python program to check 


# if a string is palindrome  


# or not 


  


x = "malayalam"


w = "" 


for i in x: 


    w = i + w 


    if (x==w): 


        print("YES") 


    



















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Output:


Yes



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