Duplicates in a sorted java array
- by Max Frazier
I have to write a method that takes an array of ints that is already sorted in numerical order then remove all the duplicate numbers and return an array of just the numbers that have no duplicates. That array must then be printed out so I can't have any null pointer exceptions. The method has to be in O(n) time, can't use vectors or hashes. This is what I have so far but it only has the first couple numbers in order without duplicates and then just puts the duplicates in the back of the array. I can't create a temporary array because it gives me null pointer exceptions.
public static int[] noDups(int[] myArray) {
int j = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < myArray.length; i++) {
if (myArray[i] != myArray[j]) {
j++;
myArray[j] = myArray[i];
}
}
return myArray;
}
