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Given an input String, return a String containing the first 5 characters of the input. If the input has less than five characters return "ERROR" instead.


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Use substring() and also length()

apcsaStringsGimmeMaybeFirstFive("Howdy do") → "Howdy"
apcsaStringsGimmeMaybeFirstFive("Hello") → "Hello"
apcsaStringsGimmeMaybeFirstFive("Hel") → "ERROR"

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public String apcsaStringsGimmeMaybeFirstFive(String str) { }

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