can you explain how this works?

no details, closing

just a little bit of refactoring for original solution

Thanks. Will add to all versions.

I think I found the problem. It doesn't handle palindromes very well.

This should fix it.

Test.assertEquals(solve("kayakk*akkayak", "kayakkayakkayak"), true)
Test.assertEquals(solve("kayakk*ayak", "kayakkayakkayak"), true)
Test.assertEquals(solve("kayakk*yak", "kayakkayakkayakkayak"), true)

The code was visible. I didn't even look at it.

Sorry. I won't waste my time trying to understand someone's code. That's not what codewars is about. If you feel so strongly about it, be my guest. All I need is the tests to be added.

What invalid solution??

Wasn't the code snippet visible?

Try here https://www.codewars.com/kata/reviews/5bc07f4ab15f683bf9000a08/groups/5f7af42d8ef120000190ba78

Give me a test and I'll add it.

I'd be glad to give you one but I'm not sure why the code doesn't work. I tried to figure it out but random cases are so long my eyes are crossing and it becomes unreadable.
Well I just wanted to point out that with this solution random test cases sometimes fail. Sorry I couldn't be of any more help.

What invalid solution?? I can't read his mind or yours. Give me a test and I'll add it.

Uh, the fact that invalid solution sometimes passes and sometimes not kinda is a kata issue, isn't it? It means that tests are not comprehensive and sometimes do not generate some edge test case.

Not a Kata issue.

I think it depends on how you solve it, but in the general case this feels 6kyu-ish to me as well.

In ruby always that it tries with a huge string that doesn't have asterisk it says that expected false , but I verified the two huge strings and they were equal, what would it be?

im sorry, but it does not look like 7k kata, more like 5-6

Please post the tests(on which you think there is an issue) here.