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9. String Middle Element Modification

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Question:
Given a string S, print it after changing the middle element to * (if the length of the string is even, change the 2 middle elements to *).

Sample Input:
hello

Sample Output:
he*lo

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Input

sadsad

Output

sa**ad

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Input

sadsad

Output

sa**ad

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