CultureShock | Topcoder Archive

Problem Statement

Bob and Doug have recently moved from Canada to the United States, and they are confused by this strange letter, "ZEE". They need your assistance. Given a String text, replace every occurrence of the word, "ZEE", with the word, "ZED", and return the result.

Note that if "ZEE" is just part of a larger word (for example, "ZEES"), it should not be altered.

Definition

Class:: CultureShock
Method:: translate
Parameters:: String
Returns:: String
Method signature:: String translate(String text)
(be sure your method is public)

Constraints

text will contain between 1 and 50 characters inclusive.
Each character in text will either be a space (' '), or a capital letter ('A'-'Z').
text will have precisely one space between consecutive words, and it will have no leading or trailing spaces.

Examples

"THE TWENTY SIXTH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET IS ZEE"

Returns: "THE TWENTY SIXTH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET IS ZED"

There is precisely one occurrence of "ZEE" in this line of text, so it should be replaced with "ZED".

```
"ZEE"
```
```
Returns: "ZED"
```
```
"SPELLING IN ENGLISH IS EZEE"
```
```
Returns: "SPELLING IN ENGLISH IS EZEE"
```
The "ZEE" at the end of this line should not be altered since it is part of a larger word.

"ZEE ZEE ZED ZEDS ZEE ZEES"

Returns: "ZED ZED ZED ZEDS ZED ZEES"

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