/**
 * Write a description of class Strings here.
 *
 * @author (your name)
 * @version (a version number or a date)
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class StringHelp
{
    public static String alphabetize(String word1, String word2, String word3)
    {
        String  w1 = word1;
        String w2 = word2;
        String w3 = word3;
        boolean swapped = false;

        do {
            swapped = false;
            if (w2.compareTo(w1) <= 0) {
                String tmp = w2;
                w2 = w1;
                w1 = tmp;
                swapped = true;
            }
            if (w3.compareTo(w2) < 0) {
                String tmp = w3;
                w3 = w2;
                w2 = tmp;
                swapped = true;
            }
        } while(swapped);

        return w1+", "+w2+", "+w3;
    }

    public static String pigLatin(String word)
    {
        char a = word.charAt(0);
        return word.substring(1,word.length())+a+"ay";
    }

    public static String firstLast(String lastFirst)
    {
        int loc = lastFirst.indexOf(",");
        String last = lastFirst.substring(0,loc);
        return lastFirst.substring(loc+2)+" "+last;
    }

    public static int countChar(String phrase, char c)
    {
        phrase = phrase.toLowerCase();
        int len = phrase.length();
        int count = 0;

        for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
        {
            if(phrase.charAt(i) == c)
            {
                count++;
            }
        }

        return count;
    }

    public static String reverse(String phrase)
    {
        int len  = phrase.length();
        char a = 'z';
        String np = "";
        String tmp = "";

        for (int i = len-1; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            tmp = np;
            a = phrase.charAt(i);
            np = tmp+a;
        }

        return np;
    }

    public static String compact(String phrase)
    {
        ArrayList<String> word = new ArrayList<String>();

        int len = phrase.length();
        char a  = 'a';
        for(int x = 0; x < len; x++)
        {
            a = phrase.charAt(x);

            if(a == ' ')
                word.add("");
            else
                word.add(""+a);
        }

        String tmp = "";
        for(String s : word)
        {
            tmp = tmp + s;
        }

        return tmp;
    }

    public static boolean isPalindrome(String phrase)
    {
        if(reverse(phrase) == phrase)
            return true;
        else
            return false;

    }

    public static boolean starts(String phrase)
    {
        String[] array = {"a", "e","i","o", "u"};
        int len = phrase.length();

        for(int y = 0; y < 5; y++)
        {
            if(phrase.startsWith(array[y]))
                return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
}