git commit -m 'The Ole College Try'

.idea/compiler.xml

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+    <bytecodeTargetLevel>
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.idea/kotlinc.xml

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-    <option name="apiVersion" value="1.1" />
-  </component>
-</project>

.idea/misc.xml

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-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_9" project-jdk-name="9.0" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/classes" />
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src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.java

      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Integer add(int baseValue, int difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Long add(long baseValue, long difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Short add(short baseValue, short difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (short)(baseValue + difference);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Byte add(byte baseValue, byte difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (byte)(baseValue + difference);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Float add(float baseValue, float difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Double add(double baseValue, double difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Integer subtract(int baseValue, int difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue - difference;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Long subtract(long baseValue, long difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue - difference;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Short subtract(short baseValue, short difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (short)(baseValue - difference);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Byte subtract(byte baseValue, byte difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (byte)(baseValue - difference);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Float subtract(float baseValue, float difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue - difference;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Double subtract(double baseValue, double difference) {
-        return null;
+
+        return baseValue - difference;
     }
 
 
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Integer divide(int dividend, int divisor) {
-        return null;
+
+        return dividend / divisor;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Long divide(long dividend, long divisor) {
-        return null;
+
+        return dividend / divisor;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Short divide(short dividend, short divisor) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (short)(dividend / divisor);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Byte divide(byte dividend, byte divisor) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (byte)(dividend / divisor);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Float divide(float dividend, float divisor) {
-        return null;
+
+        return dividend / divisor;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Double divide(double dividend, double divisor) {
-        return null;
+
+        return dividend / divisor;
     }
 
 
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Integer multiply(int multiplicand, int multiplier) {
-        return null;
+
+        return multiplicand * multiplier;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Long multiply(long multiplicand, long multiplier) {
-        return null;
+
+        return multiplicand * multiplier;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Short multiply(short multiplicand, short multiplier) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (short)(multiplicand * multiplier);
     }
     /**
      * @param multiplicand value to be multiplied
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Byte multiply(byte multiplicand, byte multiplier) {
-        return null;
+
+        return (byte)(multiplicand * multiplier);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Float multiply(float multiplicand, float multiplier) {
-        return null;
+
+        return multiplicand * multiplier;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Double multiply(double multiplicand, double multiplier) {
-        return null;
+
+        return multiplicand * multiplier;
     }
 
 
       * @return true
      */
     public Boolean returnTrue() {
-        return null;
+
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return false
      */
     public Boolean returnFalse() {
-        return null;
+
+        return false;
     }
 
 }

src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/PredicateUtilities.java

      * @return true if `x` is greater than `y`
      */
     public Boolean isGreaterThan(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+            return x > y;
+
     }
 
     /**
      * @return true if `x` is less than `y`
      */
     public Boolean isLessThan(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+            return x < y;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return true if `x` is greater than or equal to `y`
      */
     public Boolean isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        return x > y;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return true if `x` is less than or equal to `y`
      */
     public Boolean isLessThanOrEqualTo(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        return x < y;
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.java

      * @return `Hello World` as a string
      */
     public static String getHelloWorld() {
-        return null;
+
+        return "Hello World";
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the concatenation of two strings, `firstSegment`, and `secondSegment`
      */
     public static String concatenation(String firstSegment, String secondSegment){
-        return null;
+
+        return firstSegment + secondSegment;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the concatenation of an integer, `firstSegment`, and a String, `secondSegment`
      */
     public static String concatenation(int firstSegment, String secondSegment){
-        return null;
+
+        return firstSegment + secondSegment;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the first 3 characters of `input`
      */
     public static String getPrefix(String input){
-        return null;
+
+        return input.substring(0,3);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the last 3 characters of `input`
      */
     public static String getSuffix(String input){
-        return null;
+
+        return input.substring(input.length() - 3);
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the equivalence of two strings, `inputValue` and `comparableValue`
      */
     public static Boolean compareTwoStrings(String inputValue, String comparableValue){
-        return null;
+
+        return inputValue.equals(comparableValue);
     }
 
     /**
      * @param inputValue the value input from user
      * @return the middle character of `inputValue`
      */
-    public static Character getMiddleCharacter(String inputValue){
-        return null;
+    public static int getMiddleCharacter(String inputValue) {
+        // Checking to see if the string is even numbers fist
+        // if its not Even, then return the character after its been divided by two
+        if(inputValue.length()%2==0){
+           /*For Even: this returns the length of inputValue's characters, AFTER
+           its been divided by 2 and subtracted by one.*/
+           return inputValue.charAt((inputValue.length()/2));
+       }else {
+            return inputValue.charAt((inputValue.length() / 2) - 1);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the first sequence of characters
      */
     public static String getFirstWord(String spaceDelimitedString){
-        return null;
+        //using .split and index 0 to grab the first word in spaceDelimitedString.
+        return spaceDelimitedString.split(" ")[0];
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the second word of a string delimited by spaces.
      */
     public static String getSecondWord(String spaceDelimitedString){
-        return null;
+        //same as above but index 1 represents the second word.
+        return spaceDelimitedString.split(" ")[1];
     }
 
     /**
      * @return an identical string with characters in reverse order.
      */
     public static String reverseTheTwo(String stringToReverse){
-        return null;
+        //so if the string contains a space, I want to split it then reverse it
+        if (stringToReverse.contains(" ")
+            return(reverse(stringToReverse.split(" ")));
+        else //if not still reverse it
+            return(reverse(stringToReverse));
     }
 }
+
+//Everytime I try to test "TestStringUtilities I get "java: char cannot be dereferenced."

src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/ZipcodeRocks.java

  */
 public class ZipcodeRocks {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-//         System.out.println("Zipcode Rocks!");
+         System.out.println("Zipcode Rocks!");
     }
 }

src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestStringUtilities.java

     public void substringBeginTest(){
         // : Given
         String input = "Hello";
-        String expected = "olleH";
+        String expected = "Hel";
 
         // : When
         String actual = StringUtilities.getPrefix(input);
         char expected = 'c';
 
         // : When
-        char actual = StringUtilities.getMiddleCharacter(input);
+        int actual = StringUtilities.getMiddleCharacter(input);
 
         // : Then
         Assert.assertEquals(expected, actual);
         Character expected = 'c';
 
         // : When
-        Character actual = StringUtilities.getMiddleCharacter(input);
+        char actual = StringUtilities.getMiddleCharacter(input);
 
         // : Then
         Assert.assertEquals(expected.toString(), actual.toString());