python palindrome

Palindrome in Python is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward. Here's an example of a Python function that checks if a given string is a palindrome:

def is_palindrome(word):
    # Convert the word to lowercase and remove any non-alphanumeric characters
    word = ''.join(e for e in word.lower() if e.isalnum())
    
    # Check if the word is equal to its reverse
    return word == word[::-1]

You can use this function to check if a word is a palindrome. For example:

print(is_palindrome("racecar"))  # Output: True
print(is_palindrome("hello"))    # Output: False

This function first converts the word to lowercase and removes any non-alphanumeric characters using a list comprehension. Then, it checks if the word is equal to its reverse using slicing. If they are equal, it returns `True`; otherwise, it returns `False`.