def palindrome(a): mid = (len(a)-1)//2 start = 0 last = len(a)-1 flag = 0 while(start <= mid): if (a[start]== a[last]): start += 1 last -= 1 else: flag = 1 break; if flag == 0: print("palindrome") else: print("not palindrome") def symmetry(a): n = len(a) flag = 0 if n%2: mid = n//2 +1 else: mid = n//2 start1 = 0 start2 = mid while(start1 < mid and start2 < n): if (a[start1]== a[start2]): start1 = start1 + 1 start2 = start2 + 1 else: flag = 1 break if flag == 0: print("symmetrical") else: print("not symmetrical") string = 'bob' palindrome(string) symmetry(string)