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A sample problem

Palindrome Check

Write a function that takes in a non-empty string and that returns a boolean representing whether or not the string is a palindrome. A palindrome is defined as a string that is written the same forward and backward.

Sample input: "abcdcba"

Sample output: True (it is a palindrome)

Solution

func IsPalindrome(str string) bool {
	for i := 0; i <= len(str)/2; i++ {
		if str[i] != str[len(str)-i-1] {
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}