A Palindrome Is a Word or Phrase That Reads the Same

question 26

Multiple Choice

A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same forward or backward. Consider the methods palindrome and isPal shown below: public boolean palindrome(String string)
{
Return isPal(string, 0, string.length() - 1) ;
}
Private boolean isPal(String string, int left, int right)
{
If (left >= right)
{
Return true;
}
Else if (string.charAt(left) == string.charAt(right) )
{
Return isPal(string, left + 1, right - 1) ;
}
Else
{
Return false;
}
}
The method palindrome as shown here would be considered to be a ____ method.

• A) recursive
• B) terminating
• C) helper
• D) static

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