Check if a String is Palindrome in C

"A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that may be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers." - Wikipedia

This is a C program to check if a given string is a palindrome or not.

	/**
	* A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence
	* of units that can be read the same way in either direction
	**/
	#include<stdio.h>
	#include<stdlib.h>
	#include<string.h>
	int main(void)
	{
	int i, j, l;
	char str1[20], str2[20];
	printf("Enter any word:");
	scanf("%s", str1);
	/* Find the length of the string */
	l = strlen(str1);
	j = 0;
	/* Store the reversed string in another string str2 */
	for(i = l - 1; i >= 0; i-- )
	str2[j++] = str1[i];
	str2[j] = '\0';
	/* Compare str1 and str2 */
	/* strcmp returns 0 when the strings are equal, */
	/* a negative integer when s1 is less than s2, */
	/* or a positive integer if s1 is greater than s2, */
	/* according to the lexicographical order. */
	if(strcmp(str1, str2) == 0)
	printf("The word is a palindrome\n");
	else
	printf("The word is not a palindrome\n");
	return 0;
	}

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Written by Munia Balayil