diff --git a/common-string-methods.js b/common-string-methods.js
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-/*
-
-Practice Problem #1
-
-Activity 1: Searching Strings
-Write a program to:
-Check if the text "JavaScript" is in the string "Learning JavaScript is fun!" using includes.
-Find the position of the word "fun" in the string.
-
-Activity 2: Transforming Strings
-Convert the string " CODE BOOTCAMP " to lowercase and remove all extra whitespace.
-Replace "BOOTCAMP" with "JavaScript" in the transformed string.
-
-Activity 3: Breaking Apart a Sentence
-Split the sentence "Coding is fun and educational" into an array of words.
-
-Activity 4: Retrieving Substrings
-Retrieve the first character of "Bootcamp" using charAt.
-Extract the word "camp" from "Bootcamp" using slice.
-
-Advanced Challenge
-Write a program to process the following string:
-Customer: John Doe
-Order: Apple, Banana, Grape
-Total: $20.50
-Extract the customer name.
-Split the order into an array of items.
-Convert the total price to uppercase (e.g., "TOTAL: $20.50").
-
-
-Practice Problem #2
-
-Objective
-Practice using common string methods to manipulate and extract information from strings.
-
-Instructions:
-You are tasked with processing a single string and
-performing a series of operations using the string methods covered in the lesson.
-Each task corresponds to one or more methods and can be completed independently.
-
-String to Use:
-  let inputString = "  Welcome to the Coding Bootcamp! Learn JavaScript today.  ";
-
-Tasks:
-Complete the following tasks and assign the results to the specified variables. Log each result to the console.
-
-1. Searching
-  - Check if the word "JavaScript" is in the string using includes and assign the result to a variable named hasJavaScript.
-  - Find the position of the word "Coding" in the string using indexOf and assign the result to a variable named codingPosition.
-  - Check if the string starts with "Welcome" using startsWith and assign the result to a variable named startsWithWelcome.
-  - Check if the string ends with "today." using endsWith and assign the result to a variable named endsWithToday.
-
-2. Transforming
-  - Convert the string to all lowercase letters using toLowerCase and assign the result to a variable named lowercaseString.
-  - Convert the string to all uppercase letters using toUpperCase and assign the result to a variable named uppercaseString.
-  - Remove the extra spaces from the beginning and end of the string using trim and assign the result to a variable named trimmedString.
-  - Replace the word "JavaScript" with "coding" using replace and assign the result to a variable named replacedString.
-
-3. Breaking Apart
-  - Split the string into an array of words using split with a space (" ") as the delimiter and assign the result to a variable named wordsArray.
-
-4. Retrieving
-  - Retrieve the first character of the trimmed string using charAt and assign the result to a variable named firstCharacter.
-  - Extract the word "Bootcamp" from the string using slice and assign the result to a variable named extractedBootcamp.
-
-*/
-
-//Starter Code
+// Starter Code
 let inputString = "  Welcome to the Coding Bootcamp! Learn JavaScript today.  ";
 
 // 1. Searching
-let hasJavaScript; // Your code here
-let codingPosition; // Your code here
-let startsWithWelcome; // Your code here
-let endsWithToday; // Your code here
+let hasJavaScript = inputString.includes("JavaScript"); // Check if "JavaScript" is in the string
+let codingPosition = inputString.indexOf("Coding"); // Find the position of "Coding"
+let startsWithWelcome = inputString.trim().startsWith("Welcome"); // Check if it starts with "Welcome"
+let endsWithToday = inputString.trim().endsWith("today."); // Check if it ends with "today."
 
 // 2. Transforming
-let lowercaseString; // Your code here
-let uppercaseString; // Your code here
-let trimmedString; // Your code here
-let replacedString; // Your code here
+let lowercaseString = inputString.toLowerCase(); // Convert to lowercase
+let uppercaseString = inputString.toUpperCase(); // Convert to uppercase
+let trimmedString = inputString.trim(); // Remove extra spaces
+let replacedString = inputString.replace("JavaScript", "coding"); // Replace "JavaScript" with "coding"
 
 // 3. Breaking Apart
-let wordsArray; // Your code here
+let wordsArray = trimmedString.split(" "); // Split string into words
 
 // 4. Retrieving
-let firstCharacter; // Your code here
-let extractedBootcamp; // Your code here
+let firstCharacter = trimmedString.charAt(0); // Get the first character of the trimmed string
+let extractedBootcamp = trimmedString.slice(trimmedString.indexOf("Bootcamp"), trimmedString.indexOf("Bootcamp") + 8); // Extract "Bootcamp"
 
 // Log all results
 console.log({