#!/usr/bin/env python def is_palindrome(palindrome): if palindrome is None: return False palindrome = palindrome.strip() palindrome_length = len(palindrome) if palindrome_length == 0: return False i = 0 j = palindrome_length - 1 while ( i < j ): while ( i < j and palindrome[i] == ' ' ): i += 1 while ( j > i and palindrome[j] == ' ' ): j -= 1 if (palindrome[i] != palindrome[j]): return False i += 1 j -= 1 return True if (__name__ == '__main__'): palindrome = raw_input() if is_palindrome(palindrome): print "{0} is a palindrome".format(palindrome) else: print "{0} is not a palindrome".format(palindrome)