ICSE Java Programming Function Overload 2016 Q6 Solved

 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);

    }

}