Palindrome with StringBuilder
public class Palindrome {
public static boolean isPalindrome(String stringToTest) {
String workingCopy = removeJunk(stringToTest);
String reversedCopy = reverse(workingCopy);
return reversedCopy.equalsIgnoreCase(workingCopy);
}
protected static String removeJunk(String string) {
int i, len = string.length();
StringBuilder dest = new StringBuilder(len);
char c;
for (i = (len - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
c = string.charAt(i);
if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(c)) {
dest.append(c);
}
}
return dest.toString();
}
protected static String reverse(String string) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(string);
return sb.reverse().toString();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String string = "Madam, I'm Adam.";
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Testing whether the following "
+ "string is a palindrome:");
System.out.println(" " + string);
System.out.println();
if (isPalindrome(string)) {
System.out.println("It IS a palindrome!");
} else {
System.out.println("It is NOT a palindrome!");
}
System.out.println();
}
}
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