starOut

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Return a version of the given string, where for every star (*) in the string the star and the chars immediately to its left and right are gone. So "ab*cd" yields "ad" and "ab**cd" also yields "ad".

starOut("ab*cd") → "ad"
starOut("ab**cd") → "ad"
starOut("sm*eilly") → "silly"

public String starOut(String str)
{ 
   String result = "";
   for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)  
   {     
     if(str.charAt(i)=='*')     
     {
     }      
     else if(i != 0 && str.charAt(i-1)=='*')       
     { 
     }
     else  if(i != str.length() - 1 && str.charAt(i+1)=='*')
     {
     }    
     else 
     {      
          result += str.charAt(i);      
     }   
  }
     return result;   
}