gistfile1.txt

#Ask the user for a string and print out whether this string is a palindrome or not.

string = str(raw_input("Give me a string: "))

def reverse_string(to_be_reversed):
    return to_be_reversed[::-1]

reversed = reverse_string(string)

if reversed == string:
    print "%s is palindrome!!!" % string
else:
    print "%s is not palindrome" % string