Palindrome

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This is a problem set. Some of these are easy, others are far more difficult. The purpose of these problems sets are:

to build your skill applying computational thinking to a problem
to assess your knowledge and skills of different programming practices

What is this problem set trying to do[edit]

We are using slicing in a string to solve a fun problem.

The Problem[edit]

A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as taco cat, madam, racecar, or the number 10801.

Write a program which takes in a number or word and outputs if that number or phrase is a palindrome. The output should be "True" if the input is a palindrome or "False" if it is not a palindrome.

How you will be assessed[edit]

Your solution will be graded using the following axis:

Scope

To what extent does your code implement the features required by our specification?
To what extent is there evidence of effort?

Correctness

To what extent did your code meet specifications?
To what extent did your code meet unit tests?
To what extent is your code free of bugs?

Design

To what extent is your code written well (i.e. clearly, efficiently, elegantly, and/or logically)?
To what extent is your code eliminating repetition?
To what extent is your code using functions appropriately?

Style

To what extent is your code readable?
To what extent is your code commented?
To what extent are your variables well named?
To what extent do you adhere to style guide?

References[edit]

↑ http://www.flaticon.com/

A possible solution[edit]

Click the expand link to see one possible solution, but NOT before you have tried and failed!

Thank you to Max for this elegant solution! 

a = input("Enter word that might be palindrome: ")
a = a.join(' ')
if a[::-1] == a:
    print("It's a palindrome!")
else:
    print("It's not a palindrome!")

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