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Palindrome Check

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Write is_palindrome(text) that returns True if the text reads the same forwards and backwards, ignoring case, spaces and punctuation.

is_palindrome("A man, a plan, a canal: Panama")  ->  True
def is_palindrome(text):
pass
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Your code runs first, then each of these lines. The output must match exactly.

RunsExpected output
is_palindrome("racecar")True
is_palindrome("A man, a plan, a canal: Panama")True
is_palindrome("python")False

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