From c5538df5966e86843c6eb1bcf45f84759cfef177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amisha Mohapatra <mohapatraamisha641@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:44:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add palindrome (#28)

* Add palindrome java

* Update paindrome.java
---
 strings/README.md           |  4 ++++
 strings/java/paindrome.java | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 strings/java/paindrome.java

diff --git a/strings/README.md b/strings/README.md
index 8e3e7af8..d4f59a56 100644
--- a/strings/README.md
+++ b/strings/README.md
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ You could use any online IDE (for an example [.net Finddle](https://dotnetfiddle
 ### JavaScript
 
 1. [Palindrome Check](js/palindrome.js)
+
+### Java
+
+1. [Palindrome Check](java/palindrome.java)
diff --git a/strings/java/paindrome.java b/strings/java/paindrome.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8a8cb21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings/java/paindrome.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+public class Algorithm { 
+  
+    // Function that returns true if 
+    // str is a palindrome 
+    static boolean isPalindrome(String str) 
+    { 
+  
+        // Pointers pointing to the beginning 
+        // and the end of the string 
+        int i = 0, j = str.length() - 1; 
+  
+        // While there are characters toc compare 
+        while (i < j) { 
+  
+            // If there is a mismatch 
+            if (str.charAt(i) != str.charAt(j)) 
+                return false; 
+  
+            // Increment first pointer and 
+            // decrement the other 
+            i++; 
+            j--; 
+        } 
+  
+        // Given string is a palindrome 
+        return true; 
+    } 
+  
+    // Driver code 
+    public static void main(String[] args) 
+    { 
+        String str = "geeks"; 
+  
+        if (isPalindrome(str)) 
+            System.out.print("Yes"); 
+        else
+            System.out.print("No"); 
+    } 
+}