From 043b47b4429e3c0d4cdf7722a456045709fc2a9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hudazaan <naazhuda2000@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:22:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add solution for Challenge 17 by hudazaan

---
 .../submissions/hudazaan/solution-template.go | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 challenge-17/submissions/hudazaan/solution-template.go

diff --git a/challenge-17/submissions/hudazaan/solution-template.go b/challenge-17/submissions/hudazaan/solution-template.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bef5d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-17/submissions/hudazaan/solution-template.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// Get input from the user
+	var input string
+	fmt.Print("Enter a string to check if it's a palindrome: ")
+	fmt.Scanln(&input)
+
+	// Call the IsPalindrome function and print the result
+	result := IsPalindrome(input)
+	if result {
+		fmt.Println("The string is a palindrome.")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("The string is not a palindrome.")
+	}
+}
+
+// IsPalindrome checks if a string is a palindrome.
+// A palindrome reads the same backward as forward, ignoring case, spaces, and punctuation.
+func IsPalindrome(s string) bool {
+	// Clean the string: remove non-alphanumeric characters and convert to lowercase
+	cleaned := strings.Builder{}
+	for _, char := range s {
+		if unicode.IsLetter(char) || unicode.IsDigit(char) {
+			cleaned.WriteRune(unicode.ToLower(char))
+		}
+	}
+	
+	cleanStr := cleaned.String()
+	
+	// Check if the cleaned string is the same forwards and backwards
+	left := 0
+	right := len(cleanStr) - 1
+	
+	for left < right {
+		if cleanStr[left] != cleanStr[right] {
+			return false
+		}
+		left++
+		right--
+	}
+	
+	return true
+}
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