Added functions to check for palindromes and convert nums to bin strings

Algorithms.py

@@ -236,3 +236,16 @@ def factorial(num: int) -> int:
 	for cnt in range(1, num + 1):
 		fact *= cnt
 	return fact
+
+#Returns true if the string passed in is a palindrome
+def isPalindrome(str: str) -> bool:
+	rev = str[::-1]
+	if(str == rev):
+		return True
+	else:
+		return False
+
+#Converts a number to its binary equivalent
+def toBin(num: int) -> str:
+	#Convert the number to a binary string
+	return "{0:b}".format(num)

TestAlgorithms.py

@@ -161,15 +161,51 @@ class TestAlgorithms(unittest.TestCase):
 		answer = Algorithms.factorial(num)
 		self.assertEqual(correctAnswer, answer, "getFactorial failed the third test")
 
+	#This function tests the isPalindrome function
+	def testIsPalindrome(self):
+		#Test 1
+		str = "101"
+		correctAnswer = True
+		answer = Algorithms.isPalindrome(str)
+		self.assertEqual(correctAnswer, answer, "isPalindrome failed the first test")
+		#Test 2
+		str = "100"
+		correctAnswer = False
+		answer = Algorithms.isPalindrome(str)
+		self.assertEqual(correctAnswer, answer, "isPalindrome failed the second test")
+		#Test 3
+		str = ""
+		correctAnswer = True
+		answer = Algorithms.isPalindrome(str)
+		self.assertEqual(correctAnswer, answer, "isPalindrome failed the third test")
+
+	#This function tests the toBin function
+	def testToBin(self):
+		#Test 1
+		num = 7
+		correctAnswer = "111"
+		answer = Algorithms.toBin(num)
+		self.assertEqual(correctAnswer, answer, "toBin failed the first test")
+		#Test 2
+		num = 0
+		correctAnswer = "0"
+		answer = Algorithms.toBin(num)
+		self.assertEqual(correctAnswer, answer, "toBin failed the second test")
+		#Test 3
+		num = 1000000
+		correctAnswer = "11110100001001000000"
+		answer = Algorithms.toBin(num)
+		self.assertEqual(correctAnswer, answer, "toBin failed the third test")
+
 
 #Run the unit test if the script is called
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	unittest.main()
 
 """Results:
-..........
+............
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Ran 10 tests in 0.003s
+Ran 12 tests in 0.002s
 
 OK
 """