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Problem Statement

Definition

Class:

HiddenMessage

Method:

getMessage

Parameters:

String

Returns:

String

Method signature:

String getMessage(String text)

(be sure your method is public)

Constraints

• text will contain between 1 and 50 characters, inclusive.
• Each character of text will be either a lowercase letter ('a'-'z'), or a space (' ').

Examples

1. "compete online design event rating"

   Returns: "coder"

   Taking the first letter from each word yields the return "coder".

2. " c o d e r "

   Returns: "coder"

   Watch out for the leading spaces.

3. "round elimination during onsite contest"

   Returns: "redoc"

   "coder" written backwards.

4. " hello world "

   Returns: "hw"

5. "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog "

   Returns: "tqbfjotld"

6. " this is the easy problem "

   Returns: "titep"

7. " "

   Returns: ""

8. " a "

   Returns: "a"

9. "a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a"

   Returns: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

10. "a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a "

    Returns: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

11. "this solution passes"

    Returns: "tsp"

12. " aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa a"

    Returns: "aaa"

13. " return the hidden message "

    Returns: "rthm"

14. "interesting exercise for learning how to program"

    Returns: "ieflhtp"

15. "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

    Returns: "x"

16. "y"

    Returns: "y"

17. " "

    Returns: ""

    Since there are no words here, the empty string must be returned.

18. " c plus plus java c sharp basic "

    Returns: "cppjcsb"

19. " dice gambling las vegas"

    Returns: "dglv"

20. " soccer basketball volleyball "

    Returns: "sbv"

21. " id wht omanly heay atuss n macon "

    Returns: "iwohanm"

22. "fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun"

    Returns: "ffffffffffff"

23. " generating random text "

    Returns: "grt"

24. " sdss dsdd sdddsssddsd dssds sdddsdsds"

    Returns: "sdsds"

25. "fjd vasdkop asbdu ksaldhr alsk fhfjkas lsdkre o"

    Returns: "fvakaflo"

26. " sdfauier sduioio ertwmn looopa fds"

    Returns: "sself"

27. " agree tonight sounds pain "

    Returns: "atsp"

28. " nobody change now"

    Returns: "ncn"

29. "no on no on no on no"

    Returns: "nononon"

30. "this is the last test case"

    Returns: "titltc"

31. " "

    Returns: ""

32. " dd"

    Returns: "d"

33. "c r"

    Returns: "cr"

34. " c o d e r "

    Returns: "coder"

35. " c"

    Returns: "c"

36. "aaa bbb"

    Returns: "ab"

37. "z"

    Returns: "z"

38. " "

    Returns: ""

39. "aaaaaaa d"

    Returns: "ad"