stringispalindrome.py

# program to find if string is palindrome

# 1st method - making the string length half

def is_palindrome(string):
    result = True
    str_len = len(string)
    print str_len
    half_len= int(str_len/2)
    print half_len
    
    for i in range(0, half_len):
      # you need to check only half of the string
        print string[str_len-i-1]
        if string[i] != string[str_len-i-1]:
            result = False
            break
    return result 
    
print is_palindrome("abcrtba")

'''

# 2nd method

def palindrome(n):
    return n == n[:: -1]

print palindrome("kanak")
'''