all tests passed

pom.xml

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
     <groupId>com.zipcodewilmington.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrayutils</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>6</source>
+                    <target>6</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>

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

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return first element of specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getFirstElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[0];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return second element in specified array
      */
     public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[1];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[array.length-1];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return second to last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[array.length-2];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return true if the array contains the specified `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
+        for (String s : array) {
+            if(s  == value) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -50,7 +56,13 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return an array with identical contents in reverse order
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        int count = 0;
+        String[] finArray = new String[array.length];
+        for(int i = array.length-1; i >= 0; i--){
+            finArray[count] = array[i];
+            count ++ ;
+        }
+        return finArray;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,6 +70,11 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
+        String[] newArray = reverse(array);
+        for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
+            if(newArray[i] == array[i]){
+                return true;
+            }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -66,7 +83,14 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return true if each letter in the alphabet has been used in the array
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        String fullSentence = Arrays.toString(array).toLowerCase();
+
+        for(Character i ='a'; i <='z'; i++){
+            if(!fullSentence.contains(String.valueOf(i))){
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +99,14 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return number of occurrences the specified `value` has occurred
      */ // TODO
     public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
-        return 0;
+        int count = 0;
+        for(String word : array){
+            if(word.equals(value)){
+                count ++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return count;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,24 +115,59 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return array with identical contents excluding values of `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
-        return null;
-    }
+        String[] newArr = new String[array.length];
+        int count = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (!array[i].equals(valueToRemove)) {
+                newArr[count] = array[i];
+                count++;
+            }
 
-    /**
-     * @param array array of chars
-     * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
-     */ // TODO
-    public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        }
+        return Arrays.copyOf(newArr, count);
     }
+        /**
+         * @param array array of chars
+         * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
+         */ // TODO
+        public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates (String[]array){
+            String[] newArr = new String[array.length];
+            int count = 0;
+            for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+                String current = array[i-1];
+                if (!current.equals(array[i])) {
+                    newArr[count] = array[i-1];
 
-    /**
-     * @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;
-    }
+                    count++;
+                    System.out.println(array[i]);
+                }
+
+            }
+            newArr[count] = array[array.length-1];
+            return Arrays.copyOf(newArr, count +1);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @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){
+            StringBuilder build = new StringBuilder();
+
+            build.append(array[0]);
+
+            for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+                if (!array[i].equals(array[i-1])) {
+                    build.append(" " + array[i]);
+                    System.out.println(build);
+                }else{
+                    build.append(array[i]);
+                    System.out.println(build);
+                }
+
+            }
+          return build.toString().split(" ");
+        }
 
 
 }