public class Palindrome {

	private static String stripWhitespace(String arg) {
		String newstr = "";

		for (char c : arg.toCharArray())
			if (Character.isLetter(c))
				newstr = newstr + c;
		
		return newstr;
	}
	
	private static String reverseString(String arg) {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(arg);
		sb.reverse();
		return sb.toString();
	}
	
	public static boolean isPalindrome(String arg) {
		String cleanarg = stripWhitespace(arg);
		int cleanlen = cleanarg.length();
		int halfpt = (int)Math.floor(((double)cleanlen)/2);
		String a = cleanarg.substring(0, halfpt);
		String b = cleanarg.substring(halfpt);
		
		// reverse and truncate other half
		b = reverseString(b);
		b = b.substring(0, halfpt);

		// check
		return a.equalsIgnoreCase(b);
		
	}
	
	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String[] checks = {
				"Glenelg", "Stupid Idiot", "Complex elPmoc", "Campus Motto: Bottos up, Mac",
				"Another rehToNa"
		};
		
		for (String s : checks) {
			System.out.println("String (" + s + "): " + isPalindrome(s));
		}
	}

}