palindrome in python without slicing code example

Example: palindrome without using string function in python

n = input("eNTER  STRING\n")
length = int(len(n))
n = str(n)

for i in range(0, int(length/2+1)):
   if n[i] != n[-i - 1]:
      break

if i < int(length/2 + 1):
   print("not")
else:
   print("yes")