Palindrome True or False | Dataford Interview Questions

As part of validating text produced by Altair HyperWorks, write a function that determines whether a given string is a palindrome. A palindrome reads the same from left to right and right to left.

Comparison is case-sensitive, and every character, including spaces and punctuation, must be considered. Return True when the string is a palindrome and False otherwise. An empty string is considered a palindrome.

Formal Specification

Implement is_palindrome(s), where s is a string. Return a Boolean value:

True if s equals its reverse.
False otherwise.

You should compare characters from both ends toward the center rather than creating a reversed copy of the string.

Constraints

0 <= len(s) <= 10^5
s contains printable ASCII characters
Comparison is case-sensitive
Every character, including spaces and punctuation, must be considered

Function Signature

def is_palindrome(s):

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