Where is 'palindrome' defined?

[Larry Hudson]

On 05/31/2015 09:46 PM, fl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I search solution of reverse a string/number, I came across a short
> function online:
>
>>>> def palindrome(num):
> 	return str(num) == str(num)[::-1]
>
> I thought that it is a general function. And with the following variable:
>
>>>> a
> '1234_5555'
>
>>>> parlindrome(a)
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<pyshell#126>", line 1, in <module>
>      parlindrome(a)
> NameError: name 'parlindrome' is not defined
>
>
> Then, I find that parlindrome is a special checking mirrored word.
> I use Python 2.7.9. Why does the error message show
>
> name 'parlindrome' is not defined
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
Don't be embarrassed, everybody does this:  You're blind to your own typos...

You define palindrome() then call parlindrome() -- with an extra 'r'.

      -=- Larry -=-