public class JavaApplication6 { public static void main(String[] args) { String strOne = "complexity"; String strTwo = "udacity"; stringMatch(strOne, strTwo); } public static void stringMatch(String one, String two) { boolean match = false; if (one.charAt(0) == two.charAt(0)) { System.out.println(match = true); // returns true } else { System.out.println(match); // returns false } for (int i = 0; i < two.length(); i++) { int temp = i; for (int x = 0; x < one.length(); x++) { if (two.charAt(temp) == one.charAt(x)) { System.out.println(match = true); //returns true i = two.length(); } } } int num1 = one.length() - 1; int num2 = two.length() - 1; if (one.charAt(num1) == two.charAt(num2)) { System.out.println(match = true); } else { System.out.println(match = false); } } }