better late than never

StringArrayUtils.java

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        // ArrayList<String> remove = new ArrayList<String>();
+        
         // for(String e:array){
             // if(array[e] !=array[-1]){
                 // remove.removeAll();
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
         // return remove.toArray(new String[remove.add()]);
         
         
-        
         //Code below is skipping on index value
         // StringBuilder answerString = new StringBuilder();
         // for(int i = 1; i < array.length; i++){
@@ -162,6 +161,33 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
         // }
         
         // return answerArray;
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        //loop through code
+        //compare all digits 
+        //if element appears more than once, count it
+        //if not, keep it pushing 
+        //ArrayList<String> remove = new ArrayList<String>();
+        
+                        
+        //String getAnswer = null;
+        //int counter = getCounter(array);
+        String [] answer = new String[array.length];
+        int index = 0;
+        answer[index]=array[0];
+        
+        index++; 
+        for(int i=1;i<array.length;i++){
+        if(!answer[index-1].equals(array[i])){
+            answer[index]=array[i];
+            index++; 
+        }
+        }
+        String [] blank = new String [index];  
+        System.arraycopy(answer, 0, blank, 0, index);
+        return blank; 
     }
 
     /**
@@ -169,7 +195,31 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @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;
+        StringBuilder pack = new StringBuilder(array[0]);
+        String [] answer = new String[array.length-getCounter(array)];
+        int index = 0;  
+        for(int i=1;i<array.length;i++){
+        if(array[i-1].equals(array[i])){
+            pack.append(array[i]);
+        }else{
+            answer[index] = pack.toString();
+            pack.setLength(0);
+            pack.append(array[i]);
+            index++; 
+        }
+        }
+        
+        answer[index]=pack.toString();
+        return answer ;
     }
 
+    public static int getCounter(String [] array){
+    int counter = 0; 
+    for(int i=1;i<array.length;i++){
+        if(array[i].equals(array[i-1])){
+        counter+=1;
+        }
+        }
+        return counter; 
+    }
 }