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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T20:12:45+00:00 2026-05-10T20:12:45+00:00

The goal: Any language. The smallest function which will return whether a string is

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The goal: Any language. The smallest function which will return whether a string is a palindrome. Here is mine in Python:

R=lambda s:all(a==b for a,b in zip(s,reversed(s))) 

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The accepted answer will be the current smallest one – this will change as smaller ones are found. Please specify the language your code is in.

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  1. 2026-05-10T20:12:45+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 8:12 pm

    7 characters in J: Not sure if this is the best way, I’m somewhat new to J 🙂

    p=:-:|. 

    explanation: |. reverses the input. -: compares. the operands are implicit.

    p 'radar' 1  p 'moose' 0 
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