edaBit-coding-challenges/Switcharoo/code.cpp

/*  Create a function that takes a string and returns a new string with 
 *  its first and last characters swapped, except under two conditions:
 *  If the length of the string is less than two, return "Incompatible.".
 *  If the first and last characters are the same, return "Two's a pair.".
 */

std::string flipEndChars(std::string str) {
	// first check string size, if less than 2 return "Incompatible.".
	if(str.size()<2){
		return "Incompatible.";
	}
	// check to see if first character = last character if true return "Two's a pair."
	if(str[0]==str[str.size()-1]){
		return "Two's a pair.";
	}
	// swap first and last characters
	std::swap(str[0],str[str.size()-1]);
	return str;
}