Hi, Because "palindrome" != "parlindrome"? Have you read the error message? Did you try to understand it?
Best 2015-06-01 6:46 GMT+02:00 fl <rxjw...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > When I search solution of reverse a string/number, I came across a short > function online: > >>>> def palindrome(num): > return str(num) == str(num)[::-1] > > I thought that it is a general function. And with the following variable: > >>>> a > '1234_5555' > >>>> parlindrome(a) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#126>", line 1, in <module> > parlindrome(a) > NameError: name 'parlindrome' is not defined > > > Then, I find that parlindrome is a special checking mirrored word. > I use Python 2.7.9. Why does the error message show > > name 'parlindrome' is not defined > > > > Thanks, > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list