diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a75488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "windows-gcc-x64",
+      "includePath": [
+        "${workspaceFolder}/**"
+      ],
+      "compilerPath": "C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe",
+      "cStandard": "${default}",
+      "cppStandard": "${default}",
+      "intelliSenseMode": "windows-gcc-x64",
+      "compilerArgs": [
+        ""
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "version": 4
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb02c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "C/C++ Runner: Debug Session",
+      "type": "cppdbg",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "args": [],
+      "stopAtEntry": false,
+      "externalConsole": true,
+      "cwd": "c:/Users/Yousef/Documents/GitHub/assignment_3_repo",
+      "program": "c:/Users/Yousef/Documents/GitHub/assignment_3_repo/build/Debug/outDebug",
+      "MIMode": "gdb",
+      "miDebuggerPath": "gdb",
+      "setupCommands": [
+        {
+          "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+          "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+          "ignoreFailures": true
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9e66f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.cCompilerPath": "gcc",
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.cppCompilerPath": "g++",
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.debuggerPath": "gdb",
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.cStandard": "",
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.cppStandard": "",
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.msvcBatchPath": "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvarsall.bat",
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.useMsvc": false,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.warnings": [
+    "-Wall",
+    "-Wextra",
+    "-Wpedantic",
+    "-Wshadow",
+    "-Wformat=2",
+    "-Wcast-align",
+    "-Wconversion",
+    "-Wsign-conversion",
+    "-Wnull-dereference"
+  ],
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.msvcWarnings": [
+    "/W4",
+    "/permissive-",
+    "/w14242",
+    "/w14287",
+    "/w14296",
+    "/w14311",
+    "/w14826",
+    "/w44062",
+    "/w44242",
+    "/w14905",
+    "/w14906",
+    "/w14263",
+    "/w44265",
+    "/w14928"
+  ],
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.enableWarnings": true,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.warningsAsError": false,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.compilerArgs": [],
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.linkerArgs": [],
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.includePaths": [],
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.includeSearch": [
+    "*",
+    "**/*"
+  ],
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.excludeSearch": [
+    "**/build",
+    "**/build/**",
+    "**/.*",
+    "**/.*/**",
+    "**/.vscode",
+    "**/.vscode/**"
+  ],
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.useAddressSanitizer": false,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.useUndefinedSanitizer": false,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.useLeakSanitizer": false,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.showCompilationTime": false,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.useLinkTimeOptimization": false,
+  "C_Cpp_Runner.msvcSecureNoWarnings": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7a3c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "type": "cppbuild",
+            "label": "C/C++: gcc.exe build active file",
+            "command": "C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe",
+            "args": [
+                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
+                "-g",
+                "${file}",
+                "-o",
+                "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
+                ""
+            ],
+            "options": {
+                "cwd": "C:/msys64/mingw64/bin"
+            },
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$gcc"
+            ],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": "2.0.0"
+}
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diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index a390338..dc05cf3 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 #include <iostream>
-using namespace std;
+#include <string>
+using namespace std; 
 
 
 // Example: 
 // str = "nvelop"
 // c = "e"
 // result -> envelope
+//todo
 string surroundWithCharacter(string str, char c) {
-  // TODO
+  int n=0;
+    n=str.length;
+    str.resize(n+2)
+
+    for(int i=n;i>=0;i--){      
+      str[i+1]=str[i];             
+    }
+    str[0]=c;
+    str[n+1]=c;
   return str;
 }