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)