package com.experis.cisco.test.ExperisCisco;

public class ExperisTest
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {

    	String testStr = "race car";
        ExperisTest test = new ExperisTest();
        boolean isPalindrome = test.isPalindrome(testStr);
        System.out.println(isPalindrome);

    }

    /**
     * Identify if given string is a palindrome or not
     */

    public boolean isPalindrome( String text ){


    	char[] arr = text.replaceAll("\\s+","").toCharArray();
    	int i = 0 ;
    	int k = arr.length -1;

    	while ( i != k ){

    		if ( arr[i] != arr[k] ){
    			return false;
    		}

    		i++;
    		k--;

    	}

    	return true;

    }



}