for Euler

firstPalindrome.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace EulerPalindrome {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {

		string test2 = "Anna";
		
		Console.WriteLine(test2.RightIndex(1));
		
		Console.WriteLine(test2.IsPalindrome());

        }
    }

    static class  Extensions
    {
        
		public static bool IsPalindrome(this string input)
		{
			input = input.ToLower();
			
			int numberOfComparisons = input.Length/2;
			numberOfComparisons.Dump();
			
			if (numberOfComparisons < 1)
				return false;

			bool retVal = true;

			for (int numCompare = 1; numCompare <= numberOfComparisons; numCompare++)
			{
				input.LeftIndex(numCompare).Dump();
				input.RightIndex(numCompare).Dump();
				if (input.LeftIndex(numCompare) != input.RightIndex(numCompare))
					retVal = false;
			}
			
			return retVal;
		}


		public  static string LeftIndex(this string input, int numIndex)
		{
			return input.Substring(numIndex, 1);
		}


		public static string RightIndex(this string input, int numIndex)
		{
			return input.Substring(input.Length - numIndex, 1);
		}

    }


}