Java String Exercises: Read a string, if the first or last characters are same return the string without those characters otherwise return the string unchanged

Java String: Exercise-65 with Solution

Write a Java program to read a given string and if the first or last characters are same return the string without those characters otherwise return the string unchanged.

Sample Solution:

Java Code:

import java.util.*;
public class Main
{
public String excludeT(String stng)
{
  if (stng.length() == 0)
    return stng;
  if (stng.length() == 1)
  {
    if (stng.charAt(0) == 't')
      return "";
    else
      return stng;
  }
  if (stng.charAt(0) == 't')
    stng = stng.substring(1,stng.length());
  if (stng.charAt(stng.length()-1) == 't')
    stng = stng.substring(0,stng.length()-1);
  return stng;
}
public static void main (String[] args)
    {
      Main m= new Main();
      String str1 =  "testcricket";
      System.out.println("The given strings is: "+str1);
      System.out.println("The new string is: "+m.excludeT(str1));
	  }
}

Sample Output:

The given strings is: testcricket
The new string is: estcricke

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