Python String Utilities | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a function to reverse a string or check if a string is a palindrome.

Implement is_palindrome(s), which returns True when s reads identically from left to right and right to left, and False otherwise. Treat characters as case-sensitive and do not ignore spaces or punctuation.

Input: A string s.

Output: A Boolean value indicating whether s is a palindrome.

The function should handle empty strings and strings containing repeated characters.

Constraints

0 <= len(s) <= 10^5
s contains printable ASCII characters
Comparison is case-sensitive
Spaces and punctuation are not ignored

Function Signature

def is_palindrome(s):

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