palindrome.hpp

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   2  * Title: Anagram
   3  * Description: Application for finding anagrams of a word
   4  * Author: Agnibho Mondal
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  25 #ifndef PALINDROME
  26 #define PALINDROME
  27
  28 /*
  29  * Provides a function for checking if a word is a palindrome
  30  */
  31
  32 #include <string> //For string
  33 #include <algorithm> //For reverse
  34
  35 bool is_palindrome(std::string word){ //Checks if the provided word is a plindrome.
  36   std::string rev=word; //Copy the string
  37   std::reverse(rev.begin(), rev.end()); //Reverse the copied string
  38   if(word.compare(rev)==0){ //True if string compare returns 0 i.e. both strings are equal.
  39     return true;
  40   }
  41   else{ //False if string compare returns non-zero i.e. strings are unequal.
  42     return false;
  43   }
  44 }
  45
  46 #endif //PALINDROME