Question

X516: starOut Feedback 0.0 / 1.0 Return a version of the given string, where for every star (*) in the string the star and the character immediately to its left and the character immediately to its right are gone. So "ab*cd" yields "ad" and "ab**cd" also yields "ad". Behavior Result Examples: starout("ab* cd") -> "ad" starout("ab**cd") -> "ad" 1 def starout(str):

This is in Python NOT JAVA.

Answer 1

def starOut(s):
    result = ''
    for i in range(len(s)):
        if not ((i - 1 >= 0 and s[i - 1] == '*') or (i + 1 < len(s) and s[i + 1] == '*') or s[i] == '*'):
            result += s[i]
    return result


# Testing the function here. ignore/remove the code below if not required
print(starOut('ab*cd'))
print(starOut('ab**cd'))

Process finished with exit code 0