From b75716e0aacb606c6ec4d08b544397a275d0f0ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lance Rogers <lancekincaid1994@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 12:00:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] commit

---
 new_file | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 new_file

diff --git a/new_file b/new_file
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b082f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/new_file
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a new file 

From 96437c705d821b0f7eef8c215d98cf3fb4df09cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lance Rogers <lancekincaid1994@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 23:48:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] nano

---
 palindrome.py | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 palindrome.py

diff --git a/palindrome.py b/palindrome.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0da546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/palindrome.py
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+import re
+
+print("I am a program that determines if a word or phrase is a palindrome.")
+
+
+initial = input("\nType your word or phrase here: ")
+
+def phrase(initial):
+# save initial input for the output so that sentences dont appear jumbled
+    phrase = initial
+
+    # change all letters to lowercase in string
+    phrase = phrase.lower()
+
+    # ignore all special characters and numbers
+    phrase = re.sub('[0-9]+[\c]','',phrase)
+
+    # remove spaces in string
+    phrase = phrase.replace(' ','')
+    return(phrase)
+
+
+
+
+def forward_equals_backward(phrase):
+    # take the altered string and reverses it
+    b = phrase[::-1]
+    if phrase == '':
+        print("Invalid argument please enter a word or a phrase")
+    elif phrase == b:
+        print("\n{}".format(initial) + " is a palindrome")
+    else:
+        print("\n{}".format(initial) + " is not a palindrome")
+
+forward_equals_backward(initial)

From a4bb488cf15044d85a09a23bb489b2a9e5396997 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lance Rogers <lancekincaid1994@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 23:11:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] learning something

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 learn.txt | 1 +
 new_file  | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 learn.txt
 delete mode 100644 new_file

diff --git a/learn.txt b/learn.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..969ac6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/learn.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a file sent for learning purposes
diff --git a/new_file b/new_file
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b082f1..0000000
--- a/new_file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This is a new file