Write a function to check if a given string is a palindrome (reads the same forward and backward) while ignoring spaces, punctuation, and character case. Return `True` if it's a palindrome, `False` if it's not. Example: Input: "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama" Output: True Input: "hello" Output: False

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import re def is_palindrome(s): s = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9]', '', s).lower() return s == s[::-1]

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