From 629f8ba5939167e4b32b0359d4916c51f1d3bea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Svitlana Galicka <svitlanakozak12332@gmail.comсдуфк>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:33:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] removed first and last characters

---
 build.gradle.kts                            | 2 +-
 src/main/kotlin/mate/academy/RemoveChars.kt | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8fb4b04..aa643ad 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tasks.test {
 }
 
 kotlin {
-    jvmToolchain(11)
+    jvmToolchain(17)
 }
 
 detekt {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/mate/academy/RemoveChars.kt b/src/main/kotlin/mate/academy/RemoveChars.kt
index 1b8c4a4..b2f6230 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/mate/academy/RemoveChars.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/mate/academy/RemoveChars.kt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ package mate.academy
 
 fun removeChars(str: String): String {
     // Implement this function
-    return ""
+    return str.drop(1).dropLast(1)
 }