Sourcejava
package codewars; //https://www.codewars.com/kata/5375f921003bf62192000746/train/java import java.util.regex.*; pblic class Abbreviator{ StringBuilder rslt = new StringBuilder(string); String regex = "[A-Za-z]{4,}"; Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex); Matcher m = p.matcher(string); while(m.find()){ final String word = m.group(); int start = m.start(); int end = m.end(); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(word); int len = sb.length(); sb.delete(1, len - 1); sb.insert(1, String.valueOf(len - 2)); rslt.delete(start,end); rslt.insert(start,sb.toString()); m = p.matcher(rslt.toString()); } return rslt.toString(); }