CR-MicroLabs-Arrays-StringArrayUtilities/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java

package com.zipcodewilmington;


/**
 * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
 */
public class StringArrayUtils {
    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @return first element of specified array
     */ // TODO
    public static String getFirstElement(String[] array) {

        return array[0];
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @return second element in specified array
     */
    public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {

        return array[1];
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @return last element in specified array
     */ // TODO
    public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {

        return array[array.length - 1];
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @return second to last element in specified array
     */ // TODO
    public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {

        return array[array.length - 2];
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @param value value to check array for
     * @return true if the array contains the specified `value`
     */ // TODO
    public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
        for(String counter : array) {
            if(counter.equals(value)) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @param array of String objects
     * @return an array with identical contents in reverse order
     */ // TODO
    public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
        String[] reverseArray = new String[array.length];
        for(int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++){
            reverseArray[] += array[i];

            }


            return reverseArray;
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
     */ // TODO
    public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @return true if each letter in the alphabet has been used in the array
     */ // TODO
    public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of String objects
     * @param value value to check array for
     * @return number of occurrences the specified `value` has occurred
     */ // TODO
    public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * @param array         array of String objects
     * @param valueToRemove value to remove from array
     * @return array with identical contents excluding values of `value`
     */ // TODO
    public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of chars
     * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
     */ // TODO
    public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * @param array array of chars
     * @return array of Strings with each consecutive duplicate occurrence concatenated as a single string in an array of Strings
     */ // TODO
    public static String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
        return null;
    }


}