public class Palindrome {

public boolean isPalindrome(String word) {

boolean flag = true;

char[] wordChar = new char[word.length()];

wordChar = word.toCharArray();

int j = word.length() - 1;

for (int i = 0; i < wordChar.length; i++) {

if (wordChar[i] != wordChar[j]) {

return false;

}

j--;

} // end of for

return true;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

String word = "madam";

Palindrome p = new Palindrome();

System.out.println(word + " is palindrome?" + p.isPalindrome(word));

}

}