Function Test-IsPalindrome {
[cmdletbinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipeline=$True)]
[ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
[string]$Text,
[switch]$IgnoreSpace
)

Process {
    Write-Verbose "Testing $Text"
    if ($IgnoreSpace) {
        Write-Verbose "Removing spaces from text"
        $text = $text.Replace(" ","")
        Write-Verbose $text
    }
    $l = $text.length
    Write-Verbose "Length is $l"
    $mid = [math]::Truncate($l/2)
    Write-Verbose "Midpoint is $mid"

    #could also use Substring()
    $start = -join ($text[0..($mid-1)]) #$text.Substring(0,($mid)) 
    $end = -join ($text[-1..-($mid)]) 
    Write-Verbose "Start: $start"
    Write-Verbose "Pivot: $($Text[$mid])"
    Write-Verbose "End  : $end"
    if ($start -eq $end) {
     $True
    }
    else {
     $false
    }

} #process
} #end Test-IsPalindrome

#"redder","foo","civic","madam" | Test-IsPalindrome