diff --git a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/StringsAndThings.java b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/StringsAndThings.java
index 073467a..20c95b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/StringsAndThings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/StringsAndThings.java
@@ -15,7 +15,22 @@ public class StringsAndThings {
      *           countYZ("day fyyyz"); // Should return 2
      */
     public Integer countYZ(String input){
-        return null;
+        int count = 0; //set count to 0
+        String[] splitString = input.split(" "); // create new string array and split it at space
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < splitString.length; i++){
+            String splitWords = splitString[i]; // set word at index to splitWords
+            int wordLength = splitWords.length();  //take length of words to find end
+            char lastChar = splitWords.charAt(wordLength-1); //lastChar
+            if (lastChar == 'y' || lastChar == 'z'){
+                count++;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+
+
+        return count;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -28,7 +43,10 @@ public Integer countYZ(String input){
      *           removeString("Hello there", "x") // Should return "Hello there"
      */
     public String removeString(String base, String remove){
-        return null;
+        String newString = base.replaceAll(remove, ""); //use the remove strings and replaced all matching in base string that matched
+        return newString;
+
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -40,7 +58,21 @@ public String removeString(String base, String remove){
      *           containsEqualNumberOfIsAndNot("noisxxnotyynotxisi") // Should return true
      */
     public Boolean containsEqualNumberOfIsAndNot(String input){
-        return null;
+        //need count of is to compare to not
+        //need count of not to compare to is
+        //need to iterate thru string
+        //search for is and not
+        //return true or false if count is equal
+
+        int isCount = 0;
+        int notCount = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length()-1; i++) {
+            if (input.charAt(i) == 'i'&& input.charAt(i+1) == 's'){
+                isCount++;
+            } if (input.charAt(i) == 'n' && input.charAt(i+1) == 'o' && input.charAt(i+2) == 't'){
+                notCount++;
+            }
+        }  return isCount == notCount;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,11 +82,15 @@ public Boolean containsEqualNumberOfIsAndNot(String input){
      *           gHappy("xxgxx") // Should return  false
      *           gHappy("xxggyygxx") // Should return  false
      */
-    public Boolean gIsHappy(String input){
-        return null;
+    public Boolean gIsHappy(String input) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) { //stop forgetting its length()!! for loop to iterate thru string
+            // //if the char at current index i is g  and input at next index is g return true
+            if (input.charAt(i) == 'g' && input.charAt(i + 1) == 'g') {
+                return true;
+            }
+        } return false; //forgot return value for false. if g is happy return true, if not string will return false
     }
 
-
     /**
      * We'll say that a "triple" in a string is a char appearing three times in a row.
      * Return the number of triples in the given string. The triples may overlap.
@@ -63,6 +99,15 @@ public Boolean gIsHappy(String input){
      *            countTriple("a") // Should return 0
      */
     public Integer countTriple(String input){
-        return null;
+        int count = 0;
+        for (int i = 1; i < input.length()-1; i++) { //had to start index at 1 to pass test 2
+             if (input.charAt(i) == input.charAt(i+1) && input.charAt(i) == input.charAt(i-1)){
+                 count++;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+
+        return count;
     }
 }
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