diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/others/EvenOddChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/others/EvenOddChecker.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.others;
+
+public class EvenOddChecker {
+    public static String checkEvenOdd(int number) {
+        return number % 2 == 0 ? "Even" : "Odd";
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        int test = 7;
+        System.out.println(test + " is " + checkEvenOdd(test));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/PalindromeChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/PalindromeChecker.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.strings;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to check if a string is a palindrome.
+ */
+public class PalindromeChecker {
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the given input is a palindrome.
+     * Ignores spaces, punctuation, and case.
+     *
+     * @param input the string to check
+     * @return true if it's a palindrome, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean isPalindrome(String input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // Remove non-letter characters and convert to lowercase
+        String cleaned = input.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z]", "").toLowerCase();
+        int left = 0;
+        int right = cleaned.length() - 1;
+
+        while (left < right) {
+            if (cleaned.charAt(left) != cleaned.charAt(right)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            left++;
+            right--;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String test1 = "A man a plan a canal Panama";
+        String test2 = "OpenAI";
+        System.out.println("\"" + test1 + "\" is palindrome? " + isPalindrome(test1));
+        System.out.println("\"" + test2 + "\" is palindrome? " + isPalindrome(test2));
+    }
+}