//Mason Marnell - remove hi import static java.lang.System.in; import java.util.Scanner; class removeHi { public static String removehi(String info) { if( ! info.contains("hi")) return info; // what happens when info does not contain hi, this is your base caes return removehi(info.replace("hi", "")) ; // remove all "hi" from info and try again } public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner keyb = new Scanner(in); System.out.println("Enter a word and I'll remove all \"hi\"s"); System.out.println(removehi(keyb.nextLine())); } }