import Foundation

var theString = "banana"


func convertIt(_ ourString: String) {

var ourStringArray = Array(ourString)
var theMax: Int = 1
var theStart: Int = 0

var longestWord: String = ""

for index in 0..<ourString.count {

var low = index - 1
var high = index
while (low >= 0) && (high < ourString.count) && (ourStringArray[low] == ourStringArray[high]) {
    if (high - low + 1 > theMax)  {
        theStart = low
        theMax = high - low + 1
    }
low -= 1
high += 1
}

low = index - 1
high = index + 1
while (low >= 0) && (high < ourString.count) && (ourStringArray[low] == ourStringArray[high]) {
    if (high - low + 1 > theMax)  {
        theStart = low
        theMax = high - low + 1
    }
low -= 1
high += 1
}

}

print(theStart)
print(theMax)

var createString: String = ""
for index3 in theStart...theMax {
   createString.append(ourStringArray[index3])
}
print(createString)

}

convertIt(theString)