Count the number of palindromes that appear in a string

palin.py

#!/usr/bin/python

'''
  Count number of palindromes that appear in a string
'''

from sys import argv

def count(drome):
	total = 0
	i = 1
	while i <= len(drome):
		for j in xrange(0, len(drome) - i + 1):
			print drome[j:j+i],
			if ispalin(drome[j:j+i]):
				total += 1
				print "<-- Palindrome"
			else:
				print ''
		i += 1
	return total


def ispalin(txt):
	if len(txt) == 1: return False
	i = 0
	j = len(txt) - 1
	while i <= j:
		if txt[i] != txt[j]:
			return False
		i += 1
		j -= 1
	return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
	drome = ' '.join(argv[1:])
	print count(drome)