Building Utility Class for String Array Objects
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Objective
- passes each test by completing the methods stubbed out in the class [StringArrayUtils]
String getFirstElement(String[] array)
String getSecondElement(String[] array)
String getLastElement(String[] array)
String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array)
boolean contains(String[] array, String value)
String[] reverse(String[] array)
boolean isPalindromic(String[] array)
boolean isPangramic(String[] array)
int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value)
String[] removeValue(String[] array, String value)
String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array)
String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array)
- passes each test by completing the methods stubbed out in the class [StringArrayUtils]
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Purpose
- To establish greater familiarity with loops and arrays.
- To demonstrate the implementation of a Utility class
String getFirstElement(String[] array)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects, return the first element of the array.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getFirstElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
quick
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getFirstElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
brown
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getFirstElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
fox
String getSecondElement(String[] array)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects, return the first element of the array.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getSecondElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
quick
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getFirstElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
brown
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getFirstElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
fox
String getLastElement(String[] array)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects, return the last element of the array.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getLastElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
dog
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getLastElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
lazy
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getLastElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
the
String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects, return the next-to-last element of the array.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When String outcome = StringArrayUtils.getSecondToLastElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
lazy
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "lazy"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.getNextToLastElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
over
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.getNextToLastElement(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
jumps
boolean contains(String[] array, String value)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects namedarray
and aString
object namedvalue
return true ifvalue
appears inarrays
.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.contains(array, "the"); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
true
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.contains(array, "potatoes"); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
false
String[] reverse(String[] array)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects, return an array with identical contents in reverse order.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.contains(array, "the"); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
[dog, lazy, the, over, jumps, fox, brown, quick, the]
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"Pack", "my", "box", "with", "five", "dozen", "liquor", "jugs"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.contains(array, "potatoes"); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
[jugs, liquor, dozen, five, with, box, my, Pack]
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"The", "quick", "onyx", "goblin", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dwarf"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.contains(array, "potatoes"); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
[dwarf, lazy, the, over, jumps, goblin, onyx, quick, The]
boolean isPalindromic(String[] array)
- Description
- A palindrome is a sequence that is the same backwards and forwards.
- Given an array of
String
objects, returntrue
if the array is palindromic.
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"a", "b", "c", "b", "a"} // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.isPalindrome(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
true
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"Is this a plaindrome?", "This is a plaindrome", "Is this a palindrome?"} // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.isPalindrome(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
true
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"Is this a plaindrome?", "This is not a plaindrome", "Is this a palindrome?", "This is not a palindrome"} // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.isPalindrome(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
false
boolean isPangramic(String[] array)
- Description
- A pangram is a sequence that contains all letters of the alphabet.
- Given an array of
String
objects, returntrue
if the array is palindromic.
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"The quick brown", "Fox jumps over", "The lazy dog"} // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.isPangramic(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
true
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"The", "quick", "onyx", "goblin", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dwarf"}; // : When boolean outcome = StringArrayUtils.isPangramic(array); // : Then System.out.println(outcome);
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Sample Output
true
int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects namedarray
and aString
object namedvalue
return the number of timesvalue
appears inarrays
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When int numberOfOccurrences = StringArrayUtils.getNumberOfOccurrences(array, "bba"); // : Then System.out.println(numberOfOccurrences);
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Sample Output
4
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When int numberOfOccurrences = StringArrayUtils.getNumberOfOccurrences(array, "bbb"); // : Then System.out.println(numberOfOccurrences);
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Sample Output
2
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When int numberOfOccurrences = StringArrayUtils.getNumberOfOccurrences(array, "baa"); // : Then System.out.println(numberOfOccurrences);
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Sample Output
1
String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects, return an array of Strings with conseuctive duplicates removed.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.removeConsecutiveDuplicates(array); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[aba, baa, bab, bba, bbb];
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "zzz", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.removeConsecutiveDuplicates(array); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[aba, baa, bab, bba, zzz, bba, bbb];
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "zzz", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb", "aba", "bbb"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.removeConsecutiveDuplicates(array); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[aba, baa, bab, bba, zzz, bba, aba, bbb];
String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array)
- Description
- Given an array of
char
objects, return an array of Strings with consecutive duplicates placed in an array.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"a", "a", "a", "a", "b", "c", "c", "a", "a", "d"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.packConsecutiveDuplicates(array); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[aaa, b, cc, aa, d, eee];
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"t", "t", "q", "a", "a", "a", "b", "c", "c", "a", "a", "d", "e", "e", "e"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.packConsecutiveDuplicates(array); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[tt, q, aaa, b, cc, aa, d, eee];
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"m", "o", "o", "n", "m", "a", "n"} // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.packConsecutiveDuplicates(array); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[m, oo, n, m, a, n];
String[] removeValues(String[] array, String valueToRemove)
- Description
- Given an array of
String
objects namedarray
and aString
object namedvalueToRemove
create and return an array containing identical contents excluding objects whose value is equivalent tovalueToRemove
. Ensure that the length of the newly created array has been resized based on the removal of the undesired elements.
- Given an array of
Example 1
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.removeValues(array, "aba"); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[baa, bab, bba, bba, bba, bba, bbb, bbb};
Example 2
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.removeValues(array, "bba"); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[aba, aba, baa, bab, bbb, bbb];
Example 3
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Sample Script
// : Given String[] array = {"aba", "aba", "baa", "bab", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bba", "bbb", "bbb"}; // : When String[] actual = StringArrayUtils.removeValues(array, "bbb"); // : Then System.out.println(Arrays.toString(actual));
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Sample Output
[aba, aba, baa, bab, bba, bba, bba, bba];