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+def is_palindrome(text):
+    """
+    Return True if `text` is a palindrome after normalization.
+
+    Normalization keeps only alphanumeric characters and compares
+    the result in a case-insensitive manner.
+    """
+    text = "".join(char.casefold() for char in text if char.isalnum())
+    return text == text[::-1]
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    input_text = input("Enter a string: ")
+    if is_palindrome(input_text):
+        print(f'"{input_text}" is a palindrome.')
+    else:
+        print(f'"{input_text}" is not a palindrome.')
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