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StringArrayUtils.java

@@ -145,26 +145,41 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
         return revisedArray;
     }
 
+    public static String[] sortArray(String[] array){
+        String[] sorted = new String[array.length];
+        Arrays.sort(sorted);
+        return sorted;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * @param array array of chars
      * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        
-        for(int i = 0; i < array.length-2; i++){
-            if (array[i].equals(array[i+1])){
-                array[i+1]= null;    
-            }
+        int dupes = countDuplicates(array);
+        String[] revisedArr = new String[array.length-dupes];
+        int j = 0;
+        for(int i = 0; i < array.length-1; i++){
+            if (array[i]!=(array[i+1])){
+                revisedArr[j] = array[i];
+                j++;
+            } 
         }
-        removeValue(array, null);
-        return array;
+        revisedArr[revisedArr.length-1]=array[array.length-1];
+        return revisedArr;
     }
     
-    public static String[] sortArray(String[] array){
-        
-        
+    public static int countDuplicates(String[] array){
+        String[] newArray = array;   
+        int counter = 0;
+        for(int i = 0; i < newArray.length-1; i++){
+            if (newArray[i].equals(newArray[i+1])){
+                counter++;   
+            }
+        }
+        return counter;
     }
-
+    
     /**
      * @param array array of chars
      * @return array of Strings with each consecutive duplicate occurrence concatenated as a single string in an array of Strings

StringArrayUtilsTest.java

@@ -366,7 +366,14 @@ public class StringArrayUtilsTest {
 
 
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCountDuplicates(){
+        String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bab", "dog"};
+        int expected = 2;
+        int actual = StringArrayUtils.countDuplicates(array);
+        Assert.assertEquals(actual,expected);
 
+    }