public class Palindrome {
  public static boolean palindromeChecker(String str) {
    String reversedString = "";
    boolean isPalindrome = false;

    for (int i = (str.length() - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
        reversedString = reversedString + str.charAt(i);
    } if (reversedString.equals(str)) {
        isPalindrome = true;
    } return isPalindrome;
} // End palindromeChecker Function

public static void main (String[] args) {
    String str1 = "civic"; String str2 = "monkey";
   System.out.println("Is " + str1 + " a palindrome? " + Palindrome.palindromeChecker(str1));
   System.out.println("Is " + str2 + " a palindrome? " + Palindrome.palindromeChecker(str2));
  } // End Main
} // End Class