Why should "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama" return true?

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Question

Why should "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama" return true?

Option A — Correct answer

The normalized string is a palindrome

Option B

The original punctuation is symmetric

Option C

It has exactly five words

Option D

It contains uppercase letters

Explanation

After normalization, the string reads the same forward and backward.

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