import java.util.*;

public class StringUtilities {
   public Character getMiddleCharacter(String word){
       return word.charAt((word.length() - 1)/2);
   }
   
   public String removeCharacter(String value, char charToRemove){
  String a = value.substring(0, value.length() - 1);
  return a; 
   
       // return value.substring(0, value.length() -1);
   }
   
   public String getLastWord(String value) {
       
       return value.substring(value.lastIndexOf(" ") +1) ;
   }
}