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#include "MusimatChapter9.h"
MusimatChapter9Section(C091201b) {
Print("*** Palindrome ***");
/*****************************************************************************

Palindrome

We can iterate a sequence in prime order until the last element in the sequence is 
reached, then iterate the sequence retrograde until the first element in the sequence is reached, then 
repeat.
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        para1(); // Step into this function to continue.
}

Integer palindrome(IntegerList L, Integer Reference pos, Integer Reference inc) {
        Integer curPos = pos;
        Integer x = cycle(L, pos, inc);
        If (curPos + inc != pos){
                inc = inc * (-1); // change direction
                pos = curPos;
        }
        Return(x); 
}

Static Void para1() {
/*****************************************************************************
This method calls cycle() to do most of its work. Like cycle(), this method updates pos, 
but it also must update its increment argument, inc, because whenever it hits the end of the list, 
we want it to reverse the direction of traversal rather than start over. The extra work done by this 
method is to change the increment and reset the position when either end of the list is reached. Here 
is an example of invoking palindrome().
*****************************************************************************/

        Print("*** Palindrome ***");
        IntegerList L(10, 11, 12);
        Integer myPos = 0;
        Integer myInc = 1; // can be any positive or negative integer

        For (Integer i = 0; i < 2 * Length(L); i = i + 1)
                        Print(palindrome(L, myPos, myInc));

/*****************************************************************************
prints 10, 11, 12, 12, 11, 10. Note that the end of the list is printed twice. This makes it a 
so-called even palindrome. It would be an odd palindrome if it were 10, 11, 12, 11, 10. It is left 
as an exercise for the reader to adapt palindrome() to generate odd palindromes.

*****************************************************************************/
}}

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