# without_x_2 Given a string, if one or both of the first 2 chars is 'x', return the string without those 'x' chars, and otherwise return the string unchanged. This is a little harder than it looks. This exercise was taken from [codingbat.com](https://codingbat.com/prob/p151359) and has been adapted for the Python language. There are many great programming exercises there, but the majority are created for Java. ### Test 1 **Input:** ``` 'xHi' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hi' ``` ### Test 2 **Input:** ``` 'Hxi' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hi' ``` ### Test 3 **Input:** ``` 'Hi' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hi' ``` ### Test 4 **Input:** ``` 'xxHi' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hi' ``` ### Test 5 **Input:** ``` 'Hix' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hix' ``` ### Test 6 **Input:** ``` 'xaxb' ``` **Output:** ``` 'axb' ``` ### Test 7 **Input:** ``` 'xx' ``` **Output:** ``` '' ``` ### Test 8 **Input:** ``` 'x' ``` **Output:** ``` '' ``` ### Test 9 **Input:** ``` '' ``` **Output:** ``` '' ``` ### Test 10 **Input:** ``` 'Hello' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hello' ``` ### Test 11 **Input:** ``` 'Hexllo' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hexllo' ``` ### Test 12 **Input:** ``` 'xHxllo' ``` **Output:** ``` 'Hxllo' ```