Palindrome

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Palindrome

A word or sentence that reads the same way forwards and backwards is a palindrome. For example kayak and racecar are palindromes.

You’re going to create a Palindrome module which can determine if a string is a palindrome.

Palindrome.palindrome?("kayak")
true

Example Solution

defmodule Palindrome do
  def palindrome?(string) do
    string
    |> String.split("")
    |> Enum.reverse()
    |> Enum.join() == string
  end
end

Implement the Palindrome module as documented below.

defmodule Palindrome do
  @moduledoc """
  Documentation for `Palindrome`.
  """

  @doc """
  Determine if a string is a palindrome.

  ## Examples

    iex> Palindrome.palindrome?("baab")
    true

    iex> Palindrome.palindrome?("racecar")
    true

    iex> Palindrome.palindrome?("kayak")
    true

    iex> Palindrome.palindrome?("apples")
    false
  """
  def palindrome?(string) do
    reversed = String.reverse(string)
    string === reversed
  end
end

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Run git status to ensure there are no undesirable changes. Then run the following in your command line from the curriculum folder to commit your progress.

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "finish Palindrome exercise"
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