What was the options they gave you?
<span>public static String compress (String original)
{
StringBuilder compressed = new StringBuilder();
char letter = 0;
int count = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < original.length(); i++) {
if (letter == original.charAt(i)) {
count = count + 1;
}
else {
compressed = count !=1 ? compressed.append(count) : compressed;
compressed.append(letter);
letter = original.charAt(i);
count = 1;
}
}
compressed = count !=1 ? compressed.append(count) : compressed;
compressed.append(letter);
return compressed.toString();
}</span>
Marie could either ask a friend or her parents to peer edit it and tell her if its good enough or if she should work on it more.<span />
