Checking a Number for Palindromic Behavior

[Benjamin Middaugh]

Actually I was working on a program to test the so-called 196-algorithm 
as an extracurricular activity. MRAB was most helpful with pointing out 
what I should have already thought of. My previous attempts were 
hampered by my limited knowledge of python, and I had already mentally 
committed to my complex and inefficient method of solving the problem 
(big mistake, I know). My final solution, with suitable adjustments for 
proper ways of doing things :-), was just 20 lines of code.

By the way, I don't get much time for python since I'm a freshman 
computer engineering student taking 17 credits. My Intro to Programming 
class uses C++ (yuck) instead of python, so I have to devote most of my 
programming time to that. However, I figured python would be a better 
choice for trying this algorithm out.

Thanks for all the help. As a beginning programmer, I'm really 
appreciating it.

Benjamin