diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/src/Main.java b/src/Main.java
index 930198c..58e8e95 100644
--- a/src/Main.java
+++ b/src/Main.java
@@ -12,4 +12,13 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
             System.out.println("i = " + i);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * isUnique checks if all of the characters in the string
+     * are unique
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static boolean isUnique(String word) {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
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