Program to check whether a string is palindrome or not

import java.util.Scanner;

class StringEx

{

public static void main(String args[])

{

Scanner s=new Scanner(System.in);

String ex=new String();

Boolean pal=true;

System.out.println("Enter a string:");

ex=s.nextLine();

for(int i=0;i<(ex.length()/2);i++)

if(ex.charAt(i)!=ex.charAt(ex.length()-i-1))

{

pal=false;

break;

}

if(pal==true)

System.out.println("The string is a palindrome.");

else

System.out.println("The string is not a palindrome.");

}

}

OUTPUT:

C:\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin>java StringEx

Enter a string:

malayalam

The string is a palindrome.