From 2e34921a04304c1320908743a7cf0df64f7c9764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elikem Asudo <92120198+e-c-centric@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 04:26:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update palindrome_soln.py

Added explanations for the conditions in the is-palindrome function.
---
 code/palindrome_soln.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/palindrome_soln.py b/code/palindrome_soln.py
index b2bb50e..4681e4f 100644
--- a/code/palindrome_soln.py
+++ b/code/palindrome_soln.py
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ def middle(word):
 def is_palindrome(word):
     """Returns True if word is a palindrome."""
     if len(word) <= 1:
-        return True
+        return True #this returns true if the length of the word is 0 or 1 because words might be odd or even-numbered. 
+    #An even-numbered word, after line 37 will have a length of 0. An odd-numbered word will have a length of 1 at the final call of line 37.
     if first(word) != last(word):
-        return False
+        return False #if this condition is met, line 37 will not be run, and the function will terminate.
     return is_palindrome(middle(word))