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public python v1 · immutable
#54471 ·published 2006-05-09 07:22 UTC
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from sys import argvdef pallindrome(str):'''returns the longest substring pallindrome in str'''	if str:		index = 0		if len(str) == 2:			if str[0] == str[1]:				length = 2			else:				length = 1		else:			length = 1			for i in range(1,(len(str)+1)/2):				count = 1				for j in range(1,i+1):					if str[i-j] == str[i+j]:						count += 2					else:						break				if count > length:					length = count					index = i - count/2				count = 0				for j in range(i):					if str[i-j] == str[i+j+1]:						count += 2					else:						break				if count > length:					length = count					index = i - count/2 + 1			tl = len(str) - 1			for i in range(1,(len(str)+1)/2):				tl -= 1				count = 1				for j in range(1,i+1):					if str[tl-j] == str[tl+j]:						count += 2					else:						break				if count > length:					length = count					index = tl - count/2				count = 0				for j in range(i):					if str[tl-j] == str[tl+j+1]:						count += 2					else:						break				if count > length:					length = count					index = tl - count/2 + 1		return str[index:index+length]	else:		return ""if __name__ == "__main__":	if len(argv) == 3:		ans = pallindrome(argv[1])		for i in range(int(argv[2])-1):			pallindrome(argv[1])		print ans