In this code snippet, we’ll show an example of a Python language function to check if a word is a palindrome (the same backwards).

Python language function to check if a word is a palindrome (the same backwards).

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def is_palindrome(word: str) -> bool:
"""
Check if a given word is a palindrome.
Args:
word (str): The word to be checked.
Returns:
bool: True if the word is a palindrome, False otherwise.
"""
return word == word[::-1]
print(is_palindrome("racecar"))
print(is_palindrome("house"))
def is_palindrome(word: str) -> bool: """ Check if a given word is a palindrome. Args: word (str): The word to be checked. Returns: bool: True if the word is a palindrome, False otherwise. """ return word == word[::-1] print(is_palindrome("racecar")) print(is_palindrome("house"))
def is_palindrome(word: str) -> bool:
    """
    Check if a given word is a palindrome.

    Args:
        word (str): The word to be checked.

    Returns:
        bool: True if the word is a palindrome, False otherwise.
    """
    return word == word[::-1]


print(is_palindrome("racecar"))
print(is_palindrome("house"))

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