public class SampleFinal3C {        

  public static void main(String[] arg)  {
    System.out.println(grunf("Hxxxx","AOPE", "Bx")); // this is going to be the answer to the question 
    System.out.println(grunf("Happy","NOPE", "Party"));
    System.out.println(methodA(3, 4));
    System.out.println(methodA(-1, -3));
    System.out.println(methodA(6, 6));
   
  }
  public static String grunf(String s1, String s2, String s3) {
    String s = s1.substring(1,2); // s becomes charAt 1 in s1
    // if s1 is longer than s2 and s2 is lexicographically smaller than s3
    // and s occurs in s3
    if (s1.length()>s2.length() && s2.compareTo(s3)<0 && s3.indexOf(s)>0)
       return s1.substring(0,1) + s2.substring(1);
    else
       return s1.substring(0,1) + s2.substring(0,1) + s1.substring(0,1);
  }
  
  static int methodA(int x, int y) {
/**         if (x < y) 
                 return -1;
         else if (x==y)
                 return 0;
         else
                 return 1;
**/
         return x<y ? -1 : x==y ? 0 : 1;
  }  
}