/**
  * CHECK A STRING TO FIND OUT IF IT IS A PALINDROME
  * BY DANNY BATTISON
  * gabehabe@hotmail.com
  */
  
#include <cctype> // tolower()
#include <string>

/* Check if a word is a palindrome (case sensitive!) */
bool isPalindrome (std::string word)
{
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (word.length()/2); i++)
        if (word[i] != word[(word.length()-1)-i])
            return false;

    /* If this point has been reached, then the word is a palindrome */
    return true;
}

/* CASE INSENSITIVE */
bool isPalindromeCI (std::string word)
{
    /* Convert our string, character by character */
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++)
        word[i] = tolower(word[i]);
    /* Now our word is all lower case, we can pass it to our other function */
    return isPalindrome (word);
}

/** EXAMPLE USAGE **/

#include <iostream>

int main ()
{
    bool palin = isPalindromeCI ("Hannah");
    /* palin is true, since we use our case insensitive version */
    
    bool palin2 = isPalindrome ("Hannah");
    /* palin2 is false, since isPalindrome is case sensitive */

    std::cin.get (); /* Pause */
    return EXIT_SUCCESS; /* Program was executed successfully */
}