palindrome iteration

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:02:39 -0400
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy at druid.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:49:42 -0400
> "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy at druid.net> wrote:
> > is_palindrome = lambda x: x == x.lower()[::-1]
> 
> Oops.  Simple and wrong.
> 
> is_palindrome = lambda x: x.lower() == x.lower()[::-1]

slightly more efficient I think.

is_palindrome = lambda y: (lambda x: x == x[::-1])(y.lower())

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