Recursion HW 11/6

Recursion.java

package nyc.c4q.ramonaharrison;

/**
 * Access Code 2.1
 * Ramona Harrison
 * recursion.java
 */

public class Recursion {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.out.println(isEvenWord("appeases"));
        System.out.println(isEvenWord("banana"));
        System.out.println(isEvenWord("cat"));
        System.out.println(isEvenWord("tattletale"));

    }

    public static boolean isEvenWord(String word) {
        if (word.isEmpty()) {
            return true;
        } else if (word.substring(1).contains(String.valueOf(word.charAt(0)))) {
            return isEvenWord(word.substring(1).replaceFirst(String.valueOf(word.charAt(0)), ""));
        } else {
            return false;
        }

    }

}