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Problem 649. Return the first and last characters of a character array

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Return the first and last characters of a character array, concatenated together. If there is only one character in the character array, the function should give that character back twice since it is both the first and last character of the character array.
Example:
stringfirstandlast('boring example') = 'be'
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58.41% Correct | 41.59% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Mar 17, 2025

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