Working on methods

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

@@ -183,9 +183,26 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
 
-        // First a loop to check for duplicates
-        
-        return null;
+        String[] newArray = new String[array.length];
+        String firstCompare = array[0];
+        String secondCompare = array[0];
+
+        int newLength = 0;
+
+        for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i].equals(firstCompare) == false) {
+                firstCompare = array[i];
+                newArray[newLength] = secondCompare;
+                secondCompare = array[i];
+                newLength++;
+            } else {
+                secondCompare += array[i];
+            }
+        }
+
+        newArray[newLength] = secondCompare;
+
+        return Arrays.copyOf(newArray,  newLength + 1);
     }