question: public static String cleanAmp ( String in ) { if ( in == null || in . length ( ) == 0 ) return in ; int pos = in . indexOf ( '&' ) ; if ( pos == - 1 ) return in ; if ( pos + 1 < in . length ( ) && in . charAt ( pos + 1 ) != ' ' ) in = in . substring ( 0 , pos ) + in . substring ( pos + 1 ) ; return in ; }
target:  Clean Ampersand (used to indicate shortcut) 