dreamy sentinel
#Code to get a word/number and check if its a palindrome (words or numbers that are the same when reversed) example: dad
n = list(input("Enter word/number: "))
m = n.reverse()
if m == n:
print("The word is a Palindrome")
else:
print("Not a palindrome")
it always prints "Not a palindrome"
what have i done wrong
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#Code to get a word/number and check if its a palindrome (words or numbers that ...
@dreamy sentinel
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stone saddle
Are you still there?
It is not working because .reverse() reverses the original list instead of actually returning anything.
Try this:-
n = list(input('Enter word/number: '))
m = [*n]
m.reverse()
if m == n:
print('The word is Pallindrome')
else:
print('Not a palindrome')
could you please explain me what the second line is doing?
stone saddle
In the second line m = [*n], we are unpacking the contents of n, ie. we are separating the elements in the list, and storing them as a list again.
Example:-
n = ['a', 'b', 'c']
m = [*n]
print(m)
# Output:- ['a', 'b', 'c']
oh so is it a way of copying the first list?
stone saddle
Yes.
If you do m = n and then reverse it n or m by n.reverse(), the other will get reversed too.
!e
n = [1, 2, 3]
print(n)
m = n
print(m)
n.reverse()
print(n, '\n', m)
:white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.
001 | [1, 2, 3]
002 | [1, 2, 3]
003 | [3, 2, 1]
004 | [3, 2, 1]
As you can see, m also got changed.
dreamy sentinel
ah got it
stone saddle
Unpacking also works like this:-
!e
n = [1, 2, 3]
a, b, c = [*n]
print(a)
print(b)
print(c)
:white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.
001 | 1
002 | 2
003 | 3
Wels, you can close this if your problem is solved.
