import java.util.Scanner;

public class Demo3
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        
        String x;
        
        System.out.print("Enter a word: ");
        x = input.next();
        
        if ( isWordPalindrome(x) )
            System.out.println(x 
                        + " is a palindrome");
        else
            System.out.println(x 
                        + " is NOT a palindrome"); 
    }
    
    public static boolean isWordPalindrome(String s)
    {
        boolean isPalindrome = true;
        int i, last;
      
        last = s.length() - 1;

        for ( i = 0; i < s.length()/2; i++ )
        {
            if ( s.charAt( i ) != s.charAt( last-i ) )
            {
                isPalindrome = false;
                break; // We can exit the loop now
            } 
        }

        return(isPalindrome); // Return the value
    }     
}