/* Given a string and a second "word" string, we'll say that the word matches * the string if it appears at the front of the string, except its first char * does not need to match exactly. On a match, return the front of the string, * or otherwise return the empty string. So, so with the string "hippo" the * word "hi" returns "hi" and "xip" returns "hip". The word will be at least * length 1. */ public String startWord(String str, String word) { if(str.length() >= word.length() && str.substring(1, word.length()).equals(word.substring(1))) return str.substring(0, word.length()); return ""; }