public static char[] stringToCharArray(String string) {
        char[] charArrayFromString = new char[string.length()];
        for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
            charArrayFromString[i] = string.charAt(i);
        }
        return charArrayFromString;
    }


  public static char[] removeElement(char[] charArray, int index) {
        char[] reducedArray = new char[charArray.length - 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
            reducedArray[i] = charArray[i];
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < charArray.length - index - 1; i++) {
            reducedArray[index + i] = charArray[index + 1 + i];
        }
        return reducedArray;
    }