A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward. Examples of numerical palindromes are: 

2332
110011
54322345

For a given number ```num```, return its closest numerical palindrome which can either be smaller or larger than ```num```. If there are 2 possible values, the larger value should be returned. If ```num``` is a numerical palindrome itself, return it. 

For this kata, single digit numbers will NOT be considered numerical palindromes. 

Also, you know the drill - be sure to return "Not valid" if the input is not an integer or is less than 0.

```
palindrome(8) => 11
palindrome(281) => 282 
palindrome(1029) => 1001
palindrome(1221) => 1221
palindrome("1221") => "Not valid"

```

```Haskell
In Haskell the function should return a Maybe Int with Nothing for cases where the argument is less than zero.
```
Other Kata in this Series:
Numerical Palindrome #1
Numerical Palindrome #1.5
Numerical Palindrome #2
Numerical Palindrome #3
Numerical Palindrome #3.5
Numerical Palindrome #4
Numerical Palindrome #5

Difficulty: EASY
Tags: Fundamentals

Starter code:
def palindrome(num):
	

Solutions:
def palindrome(num):
	if type(num) is not int or num < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	else:
		c = 0
		for i in range(num, num ** 2):
			if is_pal(i):
				return i
			elif is_pal(i - c):
				return i - c
			else:
				c += 2

def is_pal(n):
	return n > 10 and n == int(str(n)[::-1])


def palindrome(num):
	is_palindrome = lambda chunk: int(chunk) > 9 and chunk == chunk[::-1]
	if not isinstance(num, int) or num < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	i = 0
	while True:
		if is_palindrome(str(num + i)):
			return num + i
		if is_palindrome(str(num - i)):
			return num - i
		i += 1


def palindrome(num):
	if not isinstance(num, int) or num < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	if num > 9 and str(num) == str(num)[::-1]:
		return num
	num_down = num
	num_up = num
	d = {}
	while not d:
		num_down -= 1
		num_up += 1
		if str(num_down) == str(num_down)[::-1] and num_down > 9:
			d['?'] = num_down
		if str(num_up) == str(num_up)[::-1] and num_up > 9:
			d['?'] = num_up
	return d.get('?', num)


def palindrome(num):
	if not isinstance(num, int) or num < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	n = 1
	num = max(num, 11)
	(minus, plus) = (num, num)
	f = lambda x: str(x) == str(x)[::-1]
	pal = 0 if not f(num) else num
	while not pal:
		plus += n
		if f(plus):
			return plus
		minus -= n
		if f(minus):
			return minus
	return pal


is_palindrome = lambda x: x > 10 and str(x) == str(x)[::-1]

def palindrome(num):
	if not isinstance(num, int) or num < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	(smaller, larger) = (num, num)
	while True:
		checks = (is_palindrome(smaller), is_palindrome(larger))
		if checks == (True, False):
			return smaller
		if checks == (False, True):
			return larger
		if checks == (True, True):
			return larger
		smaller -= 1
		larger += 1


def is_palindrome(n):
	s = str(n)
	return s == s[::-1]

def palindrome(num):
	if not isinstance(num, int) or num < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	if num < 17:
		return 11
	inf = next((n for n in range(num, 0, -1) if is_palindrome(n)))
	sup = next((n for n in range(num, 2 * num) if is_palindrome(n)))
	mean = (inf + sup) / 2
	return sup if num >= mean else inf


from itertools import count

def palindrome(num):
	return next((c for b in count(0) for c in (num + b, num - b) if c > 9 and c == int(str(c)[::-1]))) if isinstance(num, int) and num >= 0 else 'Not valid'


def findR(num):
	while True:
		if str(num) == str(num)[::-1]:
			return num
		num += 1

def findL(num):
	while True:
		if str(num) == str(num)[::-1]:
			return num
		num -= 1

def palindrome(num):
	if type(num) != int or num < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	if num <= 10:
		return 11
	elif findR(num) - num <= num - findL(num):
		return findR(num)
	else:
		return findL(num)


def is_pali(num):
	return str(num) == str(num)[::-1] and num > 9

def palindrome(num):
	if type(num) != int or str(num) != str(int(num)) or int(num) < 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	n = 0
	if num <= 11:
		return 11
	while n < num:
		test1 = num - n
		test2 = num + n
		if is_pali(test2):
			return num + n
		elif is_pali(test1):
			return num - n
		n += 1


def nextPal(sPart, ls):
	return int(sPart + sPart[:len(sPart) - ls % 2][::-1])

def palindrome(num):
	if type(num) != int or num <= 0:
		return 'Not valid'
	s = str(num)
	midPart = s[:(len(s) + 1) // 2]
	lowPart = str(int(midPart) - 1)
	highPart = str(int(midPart) + 1)
	(lPal, mPal, hPal) = (nextPal(lowPart, len(s)), nextPal(midPart, len(s)), nextPal(highPart, len(s)))
	return 11 if num <= 16 else -sorted(((abs(num - pal), -pal) for pal in [lPal, mPal, hPal]))[0][1]