diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d10c35e..6505d27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
     <groupId>com.zipcodewilmington.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrayutils</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>14</source>
+                    <target>14</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
index 4bcce66..839c983 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
  */
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ public static String getFirstElement(String[] array) {
      * @return second element in specified array
      */
     public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {
+
         return array[1];
     }
 
@@ -25,7 +30,8 @@ public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {
      * @return last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+
+        return array[array.length - 1];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -33,7 +39,8 @@ public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return second to last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+
+        return array[array.length - 2];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,6 +49,13 @@ public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return true if the array contains the specified `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
+        for (String s: array){
+            if (s.equals(value))
+                return true;
+
+            if (!s.equals(value));
+
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -50,23 +64,52 @@ public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return an array with identical contents in reverse order
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
-        return null;
-    }
 
-    /**
-     * @param array array of String objects
-     * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
-     */ // TODO
-    public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        String[] reverse = new String[array.length];
+        int j = array.length - 1;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+
+                reverse[j--] = array[i];
+
+
+        }
+        return reverse;
     }
 
+        /**
+         * @param array array of String objects
+         * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
+         */ // TODO
+        public static boolean isPalindromic (String[]array){
+            String[] reverseArr = reverse(array);
+            for (int i = 0; i < reverseArr.length; i++) {
+                if(array[i].equals(reverseArr[i])) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+
+
+
     /**
      * @param array array of String objects
      * @return true if each letter in the alphabet has been used in the array
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+       String stringArray = Arrays.toString(array);
+
+       if(stringArray.toLowerCase().length() < 26) {
+           return false;
+       } else {
+           for (char index = 'a'; index <= 'z'; index++) {
+               if (stringArray.toLowerCase().indexOf(index) < 0) {
+                   return false;
+               }
+           }
+       }
+       return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +118,13 @@ public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
      * @return number of occurrences the specified `value` has occurred
      */ // TODO
     public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
-        return 0;
+            int numOcc = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
+                if(array[i].equals(value)){
+                    numOcc++;
+                }
+            }
+        return numOcc;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +133,10 @@ public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return array with identical contents excluding values of `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
-        return null;
+
+        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(array));
+            list.remove(valueToRemove);
+        return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,7 +144,16 @@ public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
      * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+            list.add(array[0]);
+        for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i] != array[i-1]) {
+                list.add(array[i]);
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return list.toArray(new String [list.size()]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,7 +161,20 @@ public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
      * @return array of Strings with each consecutive duplicate occurrence concatenated as a single string in an array of Strings
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
+        list.add(array[0]);
+        for (int i = 1; i < array.length ; i++) {
+            if (array[i] != array[i-1]) {
+                list.add(array[i]);
+            } else {
+                String value = list.get(list.size() - 1) + array[i];
+                list.set(list.size() - 1, value);
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        return list.toArray(new String [list.size()]);
+
     }