public class Palindrome
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    //The number to be tested...
    int x = 155;

    //Loop through a maximum of 10 times 
	for(int i = 1 ; i <= 10; i++)
	{
      //check if palindrome, if yes, print out result and break out of loop
	  if(isPali(x)) 
	  {System.out.println(x + " is a palindrome\nIt took " + i + " times through the for loop to get this result."); break;}
	  
	  //check to make sure that you haven't already looped 10 times.
	  if(i == 10)
	  {
	    System.out.println("After 10 iterations, this number: " + x + " is still not a palindrome... exiting");
		break;
	  }
	  
	  //reverse the number and add the reversed number to the orginal.  Also print out what the program is doing so that the user
	  //can follow what is happening
	  StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(x + "");
	  StringBuffer sb2 = sb.reverse();
	  String s3 = sb2.toString();
	  int x2 = Integer.parseInt(s3);
	  System.out.println("x = " + x);
	  System.out.println("x reversed = " + x2);
	  x += x2;
	  System.out.println("x + x reversed = " + x);
	  
	}//end of for loop
  }//end of main() method


  //static method that can be called to see if a given number is a palidrome
  public static boolean isPali(int l)
  {
    String longAsString = l + "";
	int x = longAsString.length();
	
	//logic to handle single digit input
	if (x == 1)
	{
	  return true;
	}

    //logic to handle double digit input
    if(x == 2)
	{
	  char x1 = longAsString.charAt(0);
	  char x2 = longAsString.charAt(1);
	  return x1 == x2;
	}


	//logic to handle input with odd number of digits
	if( (x % 2) == 1)
	{
	  //Remove middle char which doesn't need to match
	  StringBuffer newString = new StringBuffer();
	  int xx = x;
	  int y = (xx / 2);
	  newString.append(longAsString.substring(0, y));
	  newString.append(longAsString.substring(y + 1));
	  String ss = newString.toString();
	  int xxx = ss.length();
	  for(int i = 0; i < xxx/2; i++)
	  {
	    char xFirst = ss.charAt(i);
		char xLast = ss.charAt(xxx - (i + 1));
		if(xFirst != xLast)
		{
		  return false;
		}
	  }
	  return true;	  
	}//end of if odd number of digits.



	//logic to handle input with even number of digits
    if( (x % 2) == 0)
	{
	  int xx = longAsString.length();
      for(int i = 0; i < xx/2; i++)
	  {
	    char xFirst = longAsString.charAt(i);
		char xLast = longAsString.charAt(xx - (i + 1));
		if(xFirst != xLast)
		{
		  return false;
		}
	  }
	  return true;
	}//end of if even number of digits

	//default return value
    return false;
  }
};