palindrome.go

package main

import(
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"regexp"
)

// IsPalendrome checks for strings and numbers
func IsPalendrome(value string) bool {
	value = sanitize(value)
	for i := 0; i < len(value)/2; i++ {
		if value[i] != value[len(value)-i-1] {
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}

func sanitize(value string) string {
	reg, _ := regexp.Compile("[^A-Za-z0-9]+")
	safe := reg.ReplaceAllString(value, "")
	return strings.ToLower(strings.Trim(safe, ""))
}

func main() {
	yesNumeric := IsPalendrome("2002")
	noNumeric := IsPalendrome("2001")
	yesString := IsPalendrome("Anna")
	noString := IsPalendrome("Anya")

	fmt.Println("IsPalendrome() yesNumeric:", yesNumeric, " noNumeric:", noNumeric, " yesString:", yesString, " noString:", noString)
}