Palindrome String Comparison | Dataford Interview Questions

How would you compare strings to check whether a word is a palindrome?

Implement is_palindrome(word) using a direct character comparison. Treat the input as case-sensitive and compare only its existing characters, without removing spaces or punctuation. Return True if the word reads the same forward and backward, otherwise return False.

Examples: "level" returns True; "python" returns False.

Input/output: word is a non-empty string, and the function returns a Boolean.

Constraints

1 <= len(word) <= 1000
word contains printable characters
Comparison is case-sensitive
Spaces and punctuation are treated as ordinary characters

Function Signature

def is_palindrome(word):

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