Exercise 6.1<\/title>\n <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/codemirror\/5.65.16\/codemirror.min.css\" \/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/codemirror\/5.65.16\/theme\/eclipse.min.css\" \/>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/font-awesome\/6.4.0\/css\/all.min.css\">\n\n<style>\n \/* Wrapper to protect styles *\/\n .py-receipt-wrapper {\n \/* Local CSS Variables *\/\n --py-bg-app: #f9fafb;\n --py-bg-panel: #ffffff;\n --py-border: #e5e7eb;\n --py-text-primary: #1f2937;\n --py-text-secondary: #6b7280;\n --py-primary-blue: #2563eb;\n --py-primary-hover: #1d4ed8;\n --py-header-height: 50px;\n --py-footer-height: 60px;\n\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, sans-serif;\n background-color: var(--py-bg-app);\n color: var(--py-text-primary);\n width: 100%;\n border: 1px solid var(--py-border);\n box-sizing: border-box;\n }\n\n .py-receipt-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box; 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Remove non-alphanumeric and convert to lowercase\n cleaned = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9]', '', text).lower()\n # Check if it equals its reverse\n return cleaned == cleaned[::-1]\n\n# Test the function\ntext = input(\"Enter text: \")\nprint(is_palindrome(text))<\/div>\n \n <p style=\"margin-top:20px\"><strong>Key Concepts:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><code>def<\/code> defines a function with parameters.<\/li>\n <li><code>re.sub<\/code> uses regex to remove unwanted characters.<\/li>\n <li>String slicing <code>[::-1]<\/code> reverses the string.<\/li>\n <li>Functions make code reusable and modular.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"py-receipt-right-pane\">\n <div class=\"py-receipt-editor-top-bar\">\n <span class=\"py-receipt-lang-label\">Python 3<\/span>\n <div class=\"py-receipt-editor-settings\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-expand\" id=\"py-receipt-fullscreenBtn\" title=\"Toggle Fullscreen\"><\/i>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"py-receipt-code-area\">\n <div id=\"py-receipt-code-editor-div\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"py-receipt-console-section\">\n <div class=\"py-receipt-console-header\">Test Console<\/div>\n <div class=\"py-receipt-console-body\">\n <div class=\"py-receipt-input-wrapper\">\n <label class=\"py-receipt-console-label\">Custom Input (Stdin)<\/label>\n <textarea id=\"py-receipt-custom-input\" class=\"py-receipt-custom-input-area\" placeholder=\"Enter input here...\">A man, a plan, a canal: Panama<\/textarea>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"py-receipt-output-wrapper\">\n <label class=\"py-receipt-console-label\">Output<\/label>\n <div id=\"py-receipt-output-console\" class=\"py-receipt-output-display\">Run code to see output...<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"py-receipt-footer-actions\">\n <a id=\"py-receipt-btn-prev-mobile\" class=\"py-receipt-btn py-receipt-btn-secondary py-receipt-hidden py-receipt-btn-mobile\" href=\"Exercise_5_3.html\">← Previous<\/a>\n\n <div class=\"py-receipt-execution-group\">\n <button class=\"py-receipt-btn py-receipt-btn-secondary\" onclick=\"pyReceiptResetCode()\">Reset<\/button>\n \n <button class=\"py-receipt-btn py-receipt-btn-primary\" onclick=\"pyReceiptRunCode()\">\n <span id=\"py-receipt-btn-text\">Run Code<\/span>\n <span class=\"py-receipt-spinner\" id=\"py-receipt-btn-spinner\"><\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <a id=\"py-receipt-btn-next-mobile\" class=\"py-receipt-btn py-receipt-btn-primary py-receipt-hidden py-receipt-btn-mobile\" href=\"\">Next →<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/codemirror\/5.65.16\/codemirror.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/codemirror\/5.65.16\/mode\/python\/python.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/codemirror\/5.65.16\/addon\/edit\/closebrackets.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n<script>\n \/\/ Global variable for this specific exercise to allow inline HTML clicks\n var pyReceiptEditor; \n var pyReceiptStarterCode;\n\n \/\/ --- 1. 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