# determines whether or not an integer is a palindrome;
# that is, if it reads the same from both ways
def isPalindrome(n):
    s = str(n)
    reverseString = ""
    
    for i in range (len(s) - 1, -1, -1):
        reverseString += s[i]

    return reverseString == s
	
print (isPalindrome(1)) # True
print (isPalindrome(9009)); # True
print (isPalindrome(90109)); # True
print (isPalindrome(1212)); # False

              Created: February 19, 2014
Completed in full by: Michael Yaworski