package java3;
public class met {
      public static int output1;
      public static void fn(String s) {
            String
f_c = Character.toString(s.charAt(0));
            String
l_c = Character.toString(s.charAt(s.length() - 1));
            if
(f_c.equals(l_c))
                  output1 = 1;
            else
                  output1 = 0;
      }
      public static void main(String[]
args) {
            fn("the
picture was great");
            System.out.println(output1);
      }
}