Check for Palindrome

Checks if a word, name, number, sentence, or poem is a palindrome. A palindrome is a word, phrase, verse, number, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!

Installation

This tool runs on Make. To install it, run the following commands:

$ git clone <this repository>
$ cd palindrome
$ make

Usage

To use this tool, run the following command:

$ ./build/palindrome <command> <input>

Commands

• help - Shows the help menu.
• text - Checks if a text is a palindrome.
• sentence - Checks if a sentence is a palindrome.
• poem - Checks if a poem is a palindrome.
• number - Checks if a number is a palindrome.

Examples

$ ./build/palindrome help
$ ./build/palindrome text racecar
$ ./build/palindrome sentence A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
$ ./build/palindrome poem path/to/palindrome_poem.txt
$ ./build/palindrome number 12321

Testing

Test poems have not been provided, but you can create your own and place them in the test/resources/ directory. The tests will fail at any assertion that is not met. To run the tests, run the following command:

$ cd test
$ make
$ ./build/test

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.