public class StringPalindrome {

public static void main(String[] args) {

String word = "abccda";

int s = 0; // starting index = 0

int e = word.length()-1; // ending index is 5

System.out.println(palindrome(word, s, e));

}

static boolean palindrome(String word, int s, int e) {

if (s>e) {

return true;

}

if (word.charAt(s)!=word.charAt(e)){

return false;

}

return palindrome(word, s+1,e-1);

}

}