public class Palindrome {
static String ss;
int x = 0;
static char first = ss.charAt(0);
static char last = ss.charAt(ss.length());
static int length;

public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Enter a word or phrase, to test whether it is a palindrome: ");
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);;
String s = keyboard.nextLine();
String ss = s.toLowerCase();

if (isPalindrome){
    System.out.println("\"" s "\" is a palindrome.");
}
    else{
    System.out.println("\"" s "\" is not a palindrome.");
}
}


public  static boolean isPalindrome(String ss) {
length = ss.length();
int x = 0;
ss.substring (x, ss.length()-x);

if (first == last){
    x++;
    return true;
}
else
{
    return false;
}

}

}