Level 1Exercise #3

Clean palindrome check

Ignore spaces and letter case, then decide whether the phrase is a palindrome.

Sample Test Cases

Example #1

Input:is_palindrome("Never odd or even")

Output:True

Reveal Reference Solution

def is_palindrome(phrase: str) -> bool:
    clean = phrase.lower().replace(' ', '')
    return clean == clean[::-1]

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