week 2 challenge

spring24/week2/Challenge.java

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+package spring24.week2;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * This weeks Coding Challenge is inspired by Leetcode problem 9.
+ * 
+ * A palindrome is defined as a String of characters which are the same forwards and backwards.
+ * 		eg. 123321
+ * 			asdfdsa
+ * 			kayak
+ * 
+ * BONUS CHALLENGE: 
+ * 
+ * Allow for two modes, a "palindrome generator" and a "palindrome checker". The generator prompts the user to enter in any sequence of characters, and converts it into a palindrome.
+ * The checker prompts the user to enter in any sequence of characters and then checks if it is a palindrome.
+ * 
+ */
+public class Challenge {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Determines if an input string is a palindrome.
+	 * 
+	 * @param input
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public boolean isPalindrome(String input) {
+		return false; // TODO
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Tests for isPalindrome method.
+	 * 
+	 * @param args
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		
+		Challenge c = new Challenge();
+		
+		// Test 123321
+		System.out.print("Palindrome 123321 answer is: ");
+		System.out.println(c.isPalindrome("123321") ? "correct!" : "incorrect!");
+	
+		// Test asdfdsa
+		System.out.print("Palindrome asdfdsa answer is: ");
+		System.out.println(c.isPalindrome("asdfdsa") ? "correct!" : "incorrect!");
+		
+		// Test kayak
+		System.out.print("Palindrome kayak answer is: ");
+		System.out.println(c.isPalindrome("kayak") ? "correct!" : "incorrect!");
+		
+		// Test java
+		System.out.print("Palindrome java answer is: ");
+		System.out.println(c.isPalindrome("java") ? "incorrect!" : "correct!");
+		
+		// Test 1969
+		System.out.print("Palindrome 1969 answer is: ");
+		System.out.println(c.isPalindrome("1969") ? "incorrect!" : "correct!");
+	}
+}