last method with array list

src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.binarySearch;
@@ -180,23 +181,37 @@ return resultArr;
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
 
-        String[] tempArr = new String[array.length];
+     ArrayList<String> resultList = new ArrayList<String>();
+     String tempString = "";
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++) {
+            if (array[i].equals(array[i + 1])) {
+                tempString += array[i];
+                resultList.add(i, tempString);
+            } else {
+                resultList.add(array[i]);
+            }
+        }
+       String[] resultArray = resultList.toArray();
+        return resultArray;
+    }
+
+      /* String[] tempArr = new String[array.length];
         String tempString = "";
         int counter = 0;
         int decrement = 0;
 
-        for (int i=0; i<array.length-1; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++) {
             tempString = array[i];
-            while (array[i].equals(array[i++])) {
+            while (array[i].equals(array[i+1])) {
                 tempString += array[i];
-                tempArr[counter++] = tempString;
-            }
-        } else if (array[i].equals(array[i-1]))
-            { tempString = "";
-                continue;
-            } else {
-                tempArr[counter++]=array[i];
+                tempArr[counter] = tempString;
             }
+          if (array[i].equals(array[i - 1])) {
+            tempString = "";
+            continue;
+        } else {
+            tempArr[counter++] = array[i];
+        }
 
         }
         for (int i=0; i<tempArr.length; i++){
@@ -204,12 +219,12 @@ return resultArr;
             { decrement = i;
                 break;}
         }
-        String[] resultArr= Arrays.copyOf(tempArr, decrement+1);
+        String[] resultArr= Arrays.copyOf(tempArr, decrement);
         resultArr[resultArr.length-1] = array[array.length-1];
         System.out.print(resultArr);
         return resultArr;
 
-    }
-
+    }*/
 
 }
+