palindrome iteration

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.103.1282914852.29448.python-list at python.org>,
Dave Angel  <davea at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>def is_palindrom(s):
>    s = s.lower()
>    return s == s[::-1]

To deal with "real" palindromes such as, "Madam, I'm Adam," you should
probably strip all spaces and punctuation:

# untested
pat = re.compile(r'[a-z]')
def is_palindrome(s):
    letters = pat.findall(s.lower())
    return letters == reversed(letters)
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