Added palindrome.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Tue Oct 31 17:23:49 2017
+
+@author: cam-barts
+"""
+import argparse
+# Using argparse, which is a argument parsing module from the standard library, to take input from the user
+# https://docs.python.org/2/library/argparse.html
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+# Create an agrument, named 'String' and will be accessed as args.String. It will be of string type, and the help block with say "String to check palindrome-ness"
+# $python palindrome.py -h
+# usage: palindrome.py [-h] <string>
+#
+# positional arguments:
+#  <sring>           String to check palindrome-ness
+parser.add_argument("String", type=str, help= "String to check palindrome-ness")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+String = args.String
+
+# Adding [::-1] reverses a string in python2
+StringReverse = String[::-1]
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if str(String) == str(StringReverse):
+        print "String is a palindrome!"
+    else:
+        print "String is not a palindrome!"