public class String1 
{
    public static void main(String [] args)
    {
        String myString = "ab*cde";
        System.out.println(myString.charAt(0) + 
          " " + myString.charAt(2));
        System.out.println(myString.length());
        System.out.println("-");

        myString = myString.toUpperCase();
        System.out.println(myString);
        myString = myString.toLowerCase();
        System.out.println(myString);
        System.out.println("-");

        System.out.println
          (myString.compareToIgnoreCase("ab*cde"));
        System.out.println
          (myString.compareToIgnoreCase("zzz"));
        System.out.println
          (myString.compareToIgnoreCase("ab"));

    }
}