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+package strings;
+
+public class LongestPalindromicSubstring {
+
+  public static String getLPS(String s) {
+    if (s.length() == 0) return "";
+
+    // If string has same character, no computations needed.
+    if (s.replace(String.valueOf(s.charAt(0)), "").length() == 0) return s;
+
+    String current = s.substring(0, 1);
+    for (int i = 1; i < s.length(); i++) {
+      // Try to expand the palindrome using the ith character
+      String odd = getLPSFrom(s, i - 1, i + 1); // Considers centre
+      String even = getLPSFrom(s, i - 1, i); // Considers no centre
+      // Comparator<String> strlenComp = (a, b) -> Integer.compare(a.length(), b.length());
+      // int longest=strlenComp.compare(odd,even);
+      String longest = (odd.length() > even.length()) ? odd : even;
+      if (longest.length() > current.length()) current = longest;
+    }
+    return current;
+  }
+
+  // Check whether a substring starting from left to right index is a palindrome or not
+  public static String getLPSFrom(String s, int left, int right) {
+    while (left >= 0 && right < s.length()) {
+      if (s.charAt(left) != s.charAt(right)) break;
+      left--;
+      right++;
+    }
+    return s.substring(left + 1, right);
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    // Testcases
+    assert getLPS("abcbadefef").equals("abcba");
+    assert getLPS("saeedogeeseseegodabsds").equals("dogeeseseegod");
+    assert getLPS("uncopyrightable").equals("u");
+  }
+}