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Valid Palindrome II (easy)

Problem Statement

Given string s, determine whether it's possible to make a given string palindrome by removing at most one character.

A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward.

Examples

  1. Example 1:

    • Input: "racecar"
    • Expected Output: true
    • Justification: The string is already a palindrome, so no removals are needed.

  2. Example 2:

    • Input: "abccdba"
    • Expected Output: true
    • Justification: Removing the character 'd' forms the palindrome "abccba".

  3. Example 3:

    • Input: "abcdef"
    • Expected Output: false
    • Justification: No single character removal will make this string a palindrome.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= s.length <= 10<sup>5</sup>
  • str consists of lowercase English letters.

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