python: recursive check to determine whether string is a palindrome

Question

My task is to define a procedure is_palindrome, that takes as input a string, and returns a boolean indicating if the input string is a palindrome. In this case a single let

Answer 1

# ask user to enter any string
a = raw_input("Enter the string : ")
#palindrome check
print (a == a[::-1]) and "String is palindrome" or "String is not palindrome"