Is Palindrome

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Is Palindrome: Solution

Return True/False if this word is a palindrome. A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same backwards and forwards.

>>> is_palindrome("a")
True

>>> is_palindrome("noon")
True

>>> is_palindrome("racecar")
True

>>> is_palindrome("porcupine")
False

Treat spaces and uppercase letters normally—so “Racecar” wouldn’t be a palindrome since “R” and “r” aren’t the same letter:

>>> is_palindrome("Racecar")
False

We’ve included a file, ispalindrome.py with a is_palindrome method:

def is_palindrome(word):
    """Return True/False if this word is a palindrome."""

However, this is unimplemented.