Class Solution

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    1616 - Split Two Strings to Make Palindrome\.

    Medium

    You are given two strings a and b of the same length. Choose an index and split both strings at the same index , splitting a into two strings: <code>a<sub>prefix</sub></code> and <code>a<sub>suffix</sub></code> where <code>a = a<sub>prefix</sub> + a<sub>suffix</sub></code>, and splitting b into two strings: <code>b<sub>prefix</sub></code> and <code>b<sub>suffix</sub></code> where <code>b = b<sub>prefix</sub> + b<sub>suffix</sub></code>. Check if <code>a<sub>prefix</sub> + b<sub>suffix</sub></code> or <code>b<sub>prefix</sub> + a<sub>suffix</sub></code> forms a palindrome.

    When you split a string s into <code>s<sub>prefix</sub></code> and <code>s<sub>suffix</sub></code>, either <code>s<sub>suffix</sub></code> or <code>s<sub>prefix</sub></code> is allowed to be empty. For example, if s = "abc", then "" + "abc", "a" + "bc", "ab" + "c" , and "abc" + "" are valid splits.

    Return true if it is possible to form a palindrome string, otherwise return false.

    Notice that x + y denotes the concatenation of strings x and y.

    Example 1:

    Input: a = "x", b = "y"

    Output: true Explaination: If either a or b are palindromes the answer is true since you can split in the following way:

    a<sub>prefix</sub> = "", a<sub>suffix</sub> = "x"

    b<sub>prefix</sub> = "", b<sub>suffix</sub> = "y"

    Then, a<sub>prefix</sub> + b<sub>suffix</sub> = "" + "y" = "y", which is a palindrome.

    Example 2:

    Input: a = "xbdef", b = "xecab"

    Output: false

    Example 3:

    Input: a = "ulacfd", b = "jizalu"

    Output: true Explaination: Split them at index 3:

    a<sub>prefix</sub> = "ula", a<sub>suffix</sub> = "cfd"

    b<sub>prefix</sub> = "jiz", b<sub>suffix</sub> = "alu"

    Then, a<sub>prefix</sub> + b<sub>suffix</sub> = "ula" + "alu" = "ulaalu", which is a palindrome.

    Constraints:

    • <code>1 <= a.length, b.length <= 10<sup>5</sup></code>

    • a.length == b.length

    • a and b consist of lowercase English letters

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      Solution()
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      final Boolean checkPalindromeFormation(String a, String b)
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