Happy New Year Wish String

Happy New Puzzle Program

1. String[] happyNewYear(String wish) {
2. String[] arr = wish.split(" ");
3. String[] finalStr = new String[arr.length+2];
4. String begin = "";
5. int bigcount = 0;
6. int i = 1;
7. for ( String ss : arr) {
8. if (bigcount < ss.length()) {
9. bigcount = ss.length();
10. }
11. finalStr[i] = ss ;
12. i++;
13. }
14. for (int j =0; j< bigcount+4; j++) {
15. begin += "*" ;
16. }
17. String format ="* ";
18. 
    
19. for (int n = 2; n < bigcount+3; n++) {
20. format += " ";
21. }
22. format +="*";
23. 
    
24. for(int k = 1; k < finalStr.length-1; k++) {
25. String word = "* " + finalStr[k];
26. int wordCount = word.length();
27. StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(format);
28. int start = 0;
29. int end = wordCount;
30. buf.replace(start, end, word);
31. System.out.println(buf);
32. finalStr[k] = buf + "";
33. }
34. finalStr[0] = new String(begin);
35. finalStr[finalStr.length-1] = new String(begin);
36. return finalStr;
37. }
38. 
    
39. 
    

Input(s)
wish: "Happy New Year and CodeFight On in 2016!"

Output
["*************",
"* Happy *",
"* New *",
"* Year *",
"* and *",
"* CodeFight *",
"* On *",
"* in *",
"* 2016! *",
"*************"]

Expected Output
["*************",
"* Happy *",
"* New *",
"* Year *",
"* and *",
"* CodeFight *",
"* On *",
"* in *",
"* 2016! *",
"*************"]

Console Output
* Happy *
* New *
* Year *
* and *
* CodeFight *
* On *
* in *
* 2016! *