I was solving the problem at Codesignal and saw one of the solutions that check palindrome like this.
def checkPalindrome(inputString):
return inputString == inputString[::-1]
How is that working? Please explain what is going on here.
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inputString[::-1] is the easiest way to reverse the string. you are checking whether the given input is equal to its reverse order. – user2349470 Dec 25 '20 at 22:01
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Here's the opposite question: [Reverse a string in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/q/931092/4518341) – wjandrea Dec 25 '20 at 22:06
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It just creates a reversed copy of inputString – SiAce Dec 25 '20 at 22:12
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inputString[::-1] returns the reverse of inputString. A palindrome is the same word spelled backwards and forwards, and that's what the equality operator checks.
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