Check whether the word is Special word or Palindrome word.

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.

Solution:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Year2016Q1

{

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.print("Enter a word: ");

        String str = sc.next();

        str = str.toUpperCase();

        int len = str.length();

        if (str.charAt(0) == str.charAt(len - 1))

        {

            boolean isPalin = true;

            for (int i=1;i<len/2;i++)

            {

                if (str.charAt(i)!=str.charAt(len-1-i))

                {

                    isPalin = false;

                    break;

                }

            }

            if (isPalin)

            {

                System.out.println("Palindrome");

            }

            else

            {

                System.out.println("Special");

            }

        }

        else

        {

            System.out.println("Neither Special nor Palindrome");

        }

    }

}

Output: