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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int AvoidLastSpaces(string markdown){
  int Lindex = markdown.size()-1;
  while(markdown.at(Lindex)== ' ')
  Lindex--;
  return Lindex;
}
int AvoidSpaces(int i, string markdown){
  while (markdown.at(i) == ' ')
    i++;
  return i;
}

string getmarkdown(int index, string markdown, int Lindex){
  string header;
  int tick=0;
    while (index != Lindex+1){
      // figure out if the '*' closes. 
      if(markdown.at(index)== '*'){
        if(tick <1){
        header += "<strong>";
        tick++;
        }
        else {header +="</strong>";
        tick=0;}
        index+=2;
        continue;
      }
    header += markdown.at(index);
    index++;
  }
  return header;
}
int countTags(int i, string markdown){
  int tags = i;
  while (tags < tags + 7){
    if (markdown.at(tags) != '#')
      break;
    tags++;
  }
  
  return tags-i;
}
bool isValid(int i, string markdown, int numHTags){
  return (markdown.at(i)== ' ')?(numHTags>=7)?false:true:false;
}

std::string markdownparser(std::string markdown)
{
 int index= AvoidSpaces(0,markdown), 
 numHTags = countTags(index,markdown), 
 Lindex = AvoidLastSpaces(markdown);
  
if(isValid(index+numHTags, markdown, numHTags))
   return "<h" + to_string(numHTags) + ">" + getmarkdown(AvoidSpaces(index+numHTags,markdown), markdown, Lindex) + "</h" + to_string(numHTags) + ">";
else return getmarkdown(index,markdown, Lindex);
}