Create a separate file to store generic functions

Author: rjLelis

palindrome/palindrome.py

@@ -1,28 +1,9 @@
-def remove_special_char(string):
-    ''' Removes all special characters from a string '''
-    forbidden_char = (".", ",", "!", ";", ":", "-", "_", "?", "/")
-    new_string = ""
-    for s in string:
-        if s not in forbidden_char:
-            new_string += s
-    return new_string
-
-
-def reverse(string):
-    ''' Reverses a string'''
-    return string[::-1]
-
-
-def palindrome_test(word):
-    ''' Returns true if a word is palindrome '''
-    return remove_special_char(word.lower()) == \
-        reverse(remove_special_char(word.lower()))
+from string_utils import is_palindrome
 
 
 def main():
     word = input("Type a word to test if it is palindrome: ")
-    is_palindrome = palindrome_test(word)
-    if is_palindrome:
+    if is_palindrome(word):
         print(f"The word '{word}' is palindrome")
     else:
         print(f"The word '{word}' isn't palindrome")

palindrome/string_utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+def remove_special_char(string):
+    ''' Removes all special characters from a string '''
+    forbidden_char = (".", ",", "!", ";", ":", "-", "_", "?", "/")
+    new_string = ""
+    for s in string:
+        if s not in forbidden_char:
+            new_string += s
+    return new_string
+
+
+def reverse(string):
+    ''' Reverses a string'''
+    return string[::-1]
+
+
+def is_palindrome(word):
+    ''' Returns true if a word is palindrome '''
+    return remove_special_char(word.lower()) == \
+        reverse(remove_special_char(word.lower()))