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Thread: Removing duplicates from an array

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    Default Removing duplicates from an array

    I have some code to build an object elementData that stores a list of ints in an array and also keeps track of a boolean unique that determines if duplicates are allowed in a list. I have written a small method to search out duplicates and remove them, but for some reason it is not working. I am not sure if the problem is with the method itself or the placement of the call to the removeDuplicates method.

       // post: places the value in the correct place based on ascending order
       public void add(int value) {
          size++;
          if (size == 1) {  
             elementData[0] = value;
          } else {
             int position =  Arrays.binarySearch(elementData, 0, size - 1, value);
             if (position < 0 ) {
                position = (-position) - 1;
             }
             for (int i = size - 1; i > position; i--) {
                elementData[i] = elementData[i - 1];
             }
             elementData[position] = value;
             if (unique) {
                removeDuplicates();
             }
          }
       }
     
       //post: removes any duplicate values from the list
       private void removeDuplicates() {
          for(int i = size - 1; i < 0; i--) {
             if (elementData[i] == elementData[i - 1]){
                remove(i);
             }
          }
       }
       // pre : 0 <= index < size() (throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if not)
       // post: removes value at the given index, shifting subsequent values left
       public void remove(int index) {
          checkIndex(index);
          for (int i = index; i < size - 1; i++) {
             elementData[i] = elementData[i + 1];
          }
          size--;
       }


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    Default Re: Removing duplicates from an array

    Duplicate post.

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