38. WASS to check whether the word given is a palindrome or not.

[sowmya]

clear
echo "Enter a string"
read str
l=`echo $str | wc -c`
l=`expr $l - 1`
i=1
mid=`expr $l / 2`
while test $l -le $mid
do
a=`expr $str | cut -c $i`
b=`expr $str | cut -c $l`
if test $a != $b
then
echo "It is not a palindrome"
exit
fi
i=`expr $i + 1`
l=`expr $l - 1`
done
echo "It is a palindrome"







-----------> this program has to work fine.. check out people