Special words are those words which starts and ends with the same letter.
Examples:EXISTENCE
COMIC
WINDOW
Palindrome words are those words which read the same from left to right and vice versa
Examples:
MALAYALAM
MADAM
LEVEL
ROTATOR
CIVIC
All palindromes are special words, but all special words are not palindromes. Write a program to accept a word check and print Whether the word is a palindrome or only special word.
import java.util.Scanner;
public class PalindromeOrSpecialWord {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter a word: ");
String word = scanner.nextLine();
scanner.close();
if (isPalindrome(word) && isSpecial(word)) {
System.out.println("The word is both a palindrome and a special word.");
} else if (isPalindrome(word)) {
System.out.println("The word is a palindrome.");
} else if (isSpecial(word)) {
System.out.println("The word is a special word.");
} else {
System.out.println("The word is neither a palindrome nor a special word.");
}
}
// Method to check if a word is a palindrome
public static boolean isPalindrome(String word) {
String reversed = "";
for (int i = word.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
reversed += word.charAt(i);
}
return word.equalsIgnoreCase(reversed);
}
// Method to check if a word is a special word
public static boolean isSpecial(String word) {
return word.length() >= 2 && word.charAt(0) == word.charAt(word.length() - 1);
}
}
