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You are given two strings a and b of the same length. Choose an index and split both strings at the same index, splitting a into two strings: aprefix and asuffix where a = aprefix + asuffix, and splitting b into two strings: bprefix and bsuffix where b = bprefix + bsuffix. Check if aprefix + bsuffix or bprefix + asuffix forms a palindrome.

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When you split a string s into sprefix and ssuffix, either ssuffix or sprefix is allowed to be empty. For example, if s = "abc", then "" + "abc", "a" + "bc", "ab" + "c" , and "abc" + "" are valid splits.

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Return true if it is possible to form a palindrome string, otherwise return false.

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Notice that x + y denotes the concatenation of strings x and y.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: a = "x", b = "y"\nOutput: true\nExplaination: If either a or b are palindromes the answer is true since you can split in the following way:\naprefix = "", asuffix = "x"\nbprefix = "", bsuffix = "y"\nThen, aprefix + bsuffix = "" + "y" = "y", which is a palindrome.\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: a = "xbdef", b = "xecab"\nOutput: false\n
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Example 3:

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\nInput: a = "ulacfd", b = "jizalu"\nOutput: true\nExplaination: Split them at index 3:\naprefix = "ula", asuffix = "cfd"\nbprefix = "jiz", bsuffix = "alu"\nThen, aprefix + bsuffix = "ula" + "alu" = "ulaalu", which is a palindrome.\n
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