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A Swift String extension to check if a string is a palindrome
extension String {
/**
Checks if string is a palindrome, ignoring spaces and capitalization. [Source on GitHub](http://bit.ly/SwiftStringPalindromeExtension)
- note:
[What's a palindrome?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome)
- returns: Bool
*/
public func isPalindrome() -> Bool {
var s = String(self.characters.filter { $0 != Character(" ") }).lowercased()
return s == String(s.characters.reversed())
}
}
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