Palindrome Code Challenge | Dataford Interview Questions

Write code to find palindrome words.

Implement find_palindrome_words(words), returning the original words that are palindromes when compared case-insensitively after removing non-alphanumeric characters. Preserve input order and spelling. Ignore entries that contain no alphanumeric characters.

Function: find_palindrome_words(words)

Input: A list of strings. Output: A list of matching original strings.

Constraints

1 <= len(words) <= 10^4
1 <= len(words[i]) <= 10^3
Each entry is a string
Matching is case-insensitive
Non-alphanumeric characters are ignored
Entries with no alphanumeric characters are excluded

Function Signature

def find_palindrome_words(words):

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Problem

Write code to find palindrome words.

Function: find_palindrome_words(words)

Input: A list of strings. Output: A list of matching original strings.

Constraints

1 <= len(words) <= 10^4
1 <= len(words[i]) <= 10^3
Each entry is a string
Matching is case-insensitive
Non-alphanumeric characters are ignored
Entries with no alphanumeric characters are excluded

Function Signature

def find_palindrome_words(words):

Whenever you're ready, walk me through your approach or go straight to the code. The requirements are in the Question tab.