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+public class StringUtil
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        System.out.println("Welcome to StringUtil");
+
+        String firstCharacterOfGoodbye = getFirstCharacter("Goodbye");
+        System.out.println("getFirstCharacter returns: " + firstCharacterOfGoodbye);
+        System.out.println("getFirstCharacter returns: " + getFirstCharacter("Hello"));
+
+        String lastCharacterOfHello = getLastCharacter("Hello");
+        System.out.println("getLastCharacter for Hello returns: " + lastCharacterOfHello);
+        System.out.println("getLastCharacter returns: " + getLastCharacter("Goodbye"));
+
+        String firstTwoCharacters = getFirstTwoCharacters("Hello");
+        System.out.println("getFirstTwoCharacters returns: " + firstTwoCharacters);
+        System.out.println("getFirstTwoCharacters returns: " + getFirstTwoCharacters("Goodbye"));
+
+        String lastTwoCharacters = getLastTwoCharacters("Hello");
+        System.out.println("getLastTwoCharacters returns: " + lastTwoCharacters);
+        System.out.println("getLastTwoCharacters returns: " + getLastTwoCharacters("Goodbye"));
+
+        String allButFirstThree = getAllButFirstThreeCharacters("Hello");
+        System.out.println("getAllButFirstThreeCharacters returns: " + allButFirstThree);
+        System.out.println("getAllButFirstThreeCharacters returns: " + getAllButFirstThreeCharacters("Goodbye"));
+
+        System.out.println(printCharacters("Hello"));
+        System.out.println(printCharacters("Goodbye"));
+
+        System.out.println(printPhoneNumber("501-555-0100"));
+
+        String firstE = findFirstE("Hello");
+        System.out.println("findFirstE returns: " + firstE);
+        System.out.println("findFirstE returns: " + findFirstE("Goodbye"));
+
+        System.out.println("is Finn returns: " + isFinn("Finn"));
+        System.out.println("is Finn returns: " + isFinn("Jake"));
+
+    }
+
+    private static String isFinn( String name)
+    {
+        int title = name.indexOf("Finn");
+        if (name == "Finn") return "true";
+        else return "false";
+    }
+
+    private static String findFirstE( String firstE)
+    {
+        System.out.println(firstE.indexOf('e'));
+        return firstE;
+    }
+
+    private static String printPhoneNumber(String number)
+    {
+
+        String areaCode =  number.substring(0,3);
+        String exchange = number.substring(4,7);
+        int lineNumber = number.length() - 4;
+        return "Area Code: " + areaCode + " Exchange: " + exchange + " Line Number " + number.substring(lineNumber, lineNumber + 4) ;
+
+    }
+
+    private static String printCharacters( String print)
+    {
+        for( int p = 0; p < print.length(); p++)
+        {
+            char print2 = print.charAt(p);
+            System.out.println(print2 + ":" + print.length());
+        } return print;
+
+    }
+
+    private static String getAllButFirstThreeCharacters( String first3)
+    {
+        return first3.substring(3,first3.length());
+    }
+
+    private static String getLastTwoCharacters(String lastTwo)
+    {
+        int startIndex = lastTwo.length()-2;
+        return lastTwo.substring(startIndex, startIndex + 2);
+    }
+
+    private static String getFirstTwoCharacters(String firstTwo)
+    {
+        return firstTwo.substring(0,2);
+    }
+
+    private static String getLastCharacter(String value)
+    {
+     int startIndex = value.length()-1;
+     return value.substring(startIndex, startIndex +1);
+    }
+
+    private static String getFirstCharacter(String value )
+    {
+       return value.substring(0,1);
+
+    }
+}