public class Coding {
public boolean sameStarChar (String str) {
boolean e = true;
for (int i = 1; i < str.length()-1; i = i + 1) {
String a, b, c;
a = str.substring(i, i+1);
b = str.substring(i-1, i);
c = str.substring(i+1, i+2);
if (a.equals("*")) {
if (b.equals(c))
e = true;
else
e = false;
}
}
return e;
}
public String sameEnds (String s) {
int y = s.length();
String str;
str = "";
for (int x = 1; x+x <= y; x = x + 1) {
String a,b;
a = s.substring(0, x);
b = s.substring(y-x, y);
if (a.equals(b)) {
str = a;
}
}
return str;
}
}