diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
index 4bcce66..16ee771 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington;
 
+import com.sun.tools.javac.util.ArrayUtils;
+
+import java.sql.SQLOutput;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
  */
@@ -25,7 +32,7 @@ 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 +40,7 @@ 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 +49,11 @@ 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 val: array){
+            if (val.equals(value)){
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -50,7 +62,11 @@ 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;
+        ArrayList<String> arrayL = new ArrayList<String>();
+        Collections.addAll(arrayL,array);
+        Collections.reverse(arrayL);
+        String[] arr = new String[array.length];
+        return arrayL.toArray(arr);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,7 +74,7 @@ public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
      * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        return Arrays.equals(array,StringArrayUtils.reverse(array));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,7 +82,42 @@ public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
      * @return true if each letter in the alphabet has been used in the array
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        //an algo which goes thru the string[] and takes out stuff as it sees it
+        String[] abc = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".split("");
+        ArrayList<String> atLarge =  new ArrayList<String>();
+        Collections.addAll(atLarge, abc);
+        ArrayList<String> found  = new ArrayList<String>();
+        int count = 0;
+        boolean wasFound = false;
+        for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
+            String[] cur = array[i].split("");
+            for(int j = 0; j < array[i].length(); j++){
+                wasFound = false;
+                //& ignores stuff already found
+                if(! found.isEmpty()) {
+                    for(int l = 0; l < found.size(); l++) {
+                        if(found.get(l).equals(cur[j])){
+                            l = found.size();
+                            wasFound = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                if(j < cur.length && !wasFound) {
+                    for (int k = 0; k < atLarge.size(); k++) {
+                        if(atLarge.isEmpty()){
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        if (atLarge.get(k).equalsIgnoreCase(cur[j])) {
+                            found.add(atLarge.get(k));
+                            atLarge.remove(k);
+                            k = atLarge.size();
+                        }
+
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return atLarge.isEmpty();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +126,14 @@ 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 occs = 0;
+        boolean different = false;
+        for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i].equals(value)) {
+                occs++;
+            }
+        }
+        return occs;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +142,10 @@ 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> strings = new ArrayList<String>();
+        Collections.addAll(strings, array);
+        strings.remove(valueToRemove);
+        return strings.toArray(new String[0]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,7 +153,14 @@ 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> strings = new ArrayList<String>();
+        Collections.addAll(strings, array);
+        for(int i = 0; i < strings.size(); i++){
+            if(i != 0 && strings.get(i).equals(strings.get(i - 1))){
+                strings.remove(i--);
+            }
+        }
+        return strings.toArray(new String[0]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,7 +168,15 @@ 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> strings = new ArrayList<String>();
+        Collections.addAll(strings, array);
+        for(int i = 0; i < strings.size(); i++){
+            while(i != strings.size() -1 && strings.get(i).charAt(0) == (strings.get(i+1).charAt(0))){
+                strings.set(i, strings.get(i) + strings.get(i+1));
+                strings.remove(i+1);
+            }
+        }
+        return strings.toArray(new String[0]);
     }