Reverse String and Palindrome | Dataford Interview Questions

Reverse a string and check whether a string is a palindrome.

Asked in the Technical Interview, coding stage. Implement a function that returns the reversed string and a boolean indicating whether the original string is a palindrome. Treat the string as case-sensitive and include spaces and punctuation unless stated otherwise.

Function

def reverse_and_check_palindrome(s):

Input

s: a string

Output

Return a tuple (reversed_string, is_palindrome).

Constraints

0 <= len(s) <= 10^5
s contains printable ASCII characters only
The comparison is case-sensitive
Spaces and punctuation are treated as normal characters

Function Signature

def reverse_and_check_palindrome(s):

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