Java Exercises

Palindrome Program

package com.effectivejava;
public class Palindrome {
    public static boolean isPalindrome(String word) {
       boolean isPalindrome = false;        

       String reverseWord = new StringBuilder(word).reverse().toString();        

       if (word.equalsIgnoreCase(reverseWord)) {
            isPalindrome = true;        

        }
        String newWord = "";        

        for (int i =word.length() -1; i>=0;i--) {
            newWord = newWord + word.charAt(i);        

        }
        if (word.equalsIgnoreCase(newWord)) {
            isPalindrome = true;        

        }

        return isPalindrome;    

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(Palindrome.isPalindrome("Deleveled"));    

    }
}