import java.util.Scanner;

public class Palindrome {

static boolean isPalindrome(String word) {

char[] letterArray = word.toCharArray();

int startingIndex = 0;

int lastIndex = letterArray.length - 1;

while (lastIndex > startingIndex) {

if (letterArray[startingIndex] != letterArray[lastIndex]) {

return false;

}

++startingIndex;

--lastIndex;

}

return true;

}

public static void main(String args[]) {

Palindrome palindrome = new Palindrome();

while (true) {

System.out.printf("Enter a word which needs to check whether a palindrome or not: ");

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

String input = scan.next();

System.out.printf("The word '%s' is a palindrome : %s %n", input, palindrome.isPalindrome(input));

}

}

}