function bool isPalindrome(String input)
{
	int len = input.length();

	bool isPalindrome = true;


// only have to iterate through half the length of the string
	for(j = 0; j<len/2; j++)
	{
		if(input[j] != input[len - 1 -i])
		{
			isPalindrome = false;
			break;

		}
	}

	return isPalindrome;
}