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Count Character Consecutively in Java

I’m trying to write a method that returns the number of times char c first appears consecutively in s, even if it’s a single occurrence of the character. Even spaces break the consecutive count. So …

Can an array be used as a HashMap key?

If a HashMap’s key is a String[] array: Can you access the map by using a newly created String[] array, or does it have to be the same String[] object? Answer It will have to be the same object. A HashMap compares keys using equals() and two arrays in Java are equal only if they are the same object. If