Swift String Exercises: Check if the first two characters are same of the last two characters of a given string

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Write a Swift program to check if the first two characters are same of the last two characters of a given string.

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Sample Solution:

Swift Code:

func front_end(_ a:String) -> Bool {
    
    if String(a.characters.prefix(2)) == String(a.characters.suffix(2)) 
    {
        return true
    } 
    else 
    {
        return false
    }
}
print(front_end("abcdefab"))
print(front_end("abcdefba"))
print(front_end(""))

Sample Output:

true
false
true

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