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Challenge 17: Palindrome Checker

Problem Statement

Write a function IsPalindrome that checks if a given string is a palindrome. A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward (ignoring spaces, punctuation, and capitalization).

Function Signature

func IsPalindrome(s string) bool

Input Format

• A string s containing letters, numbers, spaces and punctuation.

Output Format

• A boolean value: true if the string is a palindrome, false otherwise.

Requirements

1. The function should be case-insensitive ("A" is the same as "a").
2. The function should ignore spaces and punctuation marks.
3. The function should handle alphanumeric strings.

Sample Input and Output

Sample Input 1

"racecar"

Sample Output 1

true

Sample Input 2

"A man, a plan, a canal: Panama"

Sample Output 2

true

Sample Input 3

"hello"

Sample Output 3

false

Instructions

• Fork the repository.
• Clone your fork to your local machine.
• Create a directory named after your GitHub username inside challenge-17/submissions/.
• Copy the solution-template.go file into your submission directory.
• Implement the IsPalindrome function.
• Test your solution locally by running the test file.
• Commit and push your code to your fork.
• Create a pull request to submit your solution.

Testing Your Solution Locally

Run the following command in the challenge-17/ directory:

go test -v