#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
string word;
int wordsize;
// use getline, not cin >> because using strings
cout << "Please enter a word." << endl;
getline (cin, word);
wordsize = word.length();
cout << "The length of the word is " << wordsize << "." << endl;
for (int i=0; i < wordsize/2 ; i++)
{
// if statement for word if equal, break loop and return YES
if (word[i]==word[wordsize-i-1])
{
cout << "Checking element " << i << " with element " << wordsize - i -1 << "." << endl;
}
// if statement for word not equal, returns NO
if (word[i]!=word[wordsize-i-1])
{
cout << "Checking element " << i << " with element " << wordsize - i -1 << "." << endl;
cout << "NO: it is not a palindrome." << endl;
return 0;
}
}
cout << "YES: it is a palindrome." << endl;
return 0;
}
