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A [[wp:Palindrome|palindrome]] is a phrase which reads the same backward and forward.
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{{task heading}}
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Write a function or program that checks whether a given sequence of characters (or, if you prefer, bytes)
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is a palindrome.
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'''''For extra credit:'''''
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* Support Unicode characters.
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* Write a second function (possibly as a wrapper to the first) which detects ''inexact'' palindromes, i.e. phrases that are palindromes if white-space and punctuation is ignored and case-insensitive comparison is used.
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{{task heading|Hints}}
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* It might be useful for this task to know how to [[Reversing a string|reverse a string]].
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* This task's entries might also form the subjects of the task [[Test a function]].
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{{task heading|Related tasks}}
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{{Related tasks/Word plays}}
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{{Template:Strings}}
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