Part A - Input / Output

• • Write the user interface for your program

    • It should loop until the user inputs "q" to quit

    • Ask the user for a palindrome and store it

    • Print out the "clean" message to the user

    • Call the isPalindrome method from wordsmith on the clean message

    • Output the result to the user

  • Make sure the interface is clear + user friendly

Part B- Cleaning the String

• Your method should return a string that contains only lowercase letters.

• Think carefully about the best way to do this!

  • Hint #1: Do you want to "remove bad characters", or "only keep the good ones"?

  • Hint #2: You can use the String's charAt() method and ASCII values to identify characters

• Test this method a few times before moving on to Part C

Note: You will not earn full credit if you simply call a standard method like "replaceAll." You must solve this using basic methods!

Part C - Palindrome

• Write a recursive method to determine if the word is a palindrome

  • Hint #1: Start at the sides and work your way to the middle

  • Hint #2: You will have two base cases

Remember, this must be solved recursively. You can't just reverse the String.

Part D - Color

• Your program must use output the "YES" message in green and the "NO" message in red.

• Feel free to use colors in other ways throughout your program

• Some example code is included in replit. But for more information, google around for "ANSI escape Codes"

  • Some basic info can be found on this stack overflow question.