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isPalindrome

Language/Type: JavaScript recursion strings
Author: Melissa Medsker-Galloway (on 2016/11/18)

Write a recursive function named isPalindrome that accepts a string parameter and returns true if the string is the same forwards as backwards, ignoring capitalization. For example, the call of isPalindrome("Taco cat") should return true.

Constraints: Do not declare any global variables or any auxiliary data structures. Do not use any loops; you must use recursion.

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This is a function problem. Write a JavaScript function as described. Do not write a complete program; just the function(s) above.

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