[Starson17]

Originally Posted by Manichean

Thanks for the link. I think, once I refresh my memory on some of the things I learned in computer sciences, that I should be able to understand that.

I've never had a CS course (or even a programming course), but I'd like to say thanks for the link, too. It was an interesting read. As far as I'm concerned, Charles can set <professorial mode = "ON"> at any time. I always learn something new.

As to the problem, I'm always up for a challenge, particularly one that tells me I "will fail." I'll quote the problem statement from the professor:

For fun, try to write a regular expression that matches any palindrome. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome. Examples: abcdedcba or 'madam im adam' with spaces ignored.) You will fail.

The first rule of taking a test, even one for fun: read the problem statement very carefully. How about this regular expression for an answer:

.*

I believe it succeeds at matching "any palindrome."