Palindrome.py

#Vijesh.V @freakoutgames
#checking if a given string is palindrome
#a string or number is palindrome that reads the same forward and backward

# function which return reverse of a string 
def palindrome(string):
 j = 1
 for x in string:
 if x == string[-j]:
 j = j +1
 continue
 else:
 return False
 return True

#calling the function to check
str = input("Enter any string: ")
str_without_whitespace = (str.replace(" ", "")).lower() #removing the white spaces and converting it into lowercase
if(palindrome(str_without_whitespace)):
 print("The string- %s -is palindrome" %str)
else:
 print("The string %s is not palindrome" %str)