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# AUTHOR: ekbalba

# DESCRIPTION: A simple script which checks if a given phrase is a Palindrome

# PALINDROME: A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward

samplePhrase = "A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal-Panama!"

#givenPhrase = ""

#phrase = ""

givenPhrase = input("\nPlease input a phrase:(Press ENTER to use the sample phrase) ")

if givenPhrase == "" or not givenPhrase.strip():

print("\nThe sample phrase is: {0}".format(samplePhrase))

phrase = samplePhrase

else:

phrase = givenPhrase

string = phrase.lower()

if string == string[::-1]:

print("\nWow!, The phrase is a Palindrome!")

else:

print("\nSorry, The given phrase is not a Palindrome.")