diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/DuplicateDeleter.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/DuplicateDeleter.java
index c176838..d29171b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/DuplicateDeleter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/DuplicateDeleter.java
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
 public abstract class DuplicateDeleter<T> implements DuplicateDeleterInterface<T> {
     protected final T[] array;
 
+
     public DuplicateDeleter(T[] intArray) {
         this.array = intArray;
     }
 
     abstract public T[] removeDuplicates(int maxNumberOfDuplications);
+    {
+
+    }
     abstract public T[] removeDuplicatesExactly(int exactNumberOfDuplications);
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/IntegerDuplicateDeleter.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/IntegerDuplicateDeleter.java
index ee550c5..b31d681 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/IntegerDuplicateDeleter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/IntegerDuplicateDeleter.java
@@ -1,8 +1,77 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.looplabs;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
+ *
  * @ATTENTION_TO_STUDENTS You are forbidden from modifying the signature of this class.
  */
 public final class IntegerDuplicateDeleter extends DuplicateDeleter<Integer> {
-}
+
+    public IntegerDuplicateDeleter(Integer[] intArray) {
+        super(intArray);
+    }
+
+    Integer[] myCopyOfArray = Arrays.copyOf(this.array, this.array.length);
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param maxNumberOfDuplications
+     * @return returns an array with integers occuring less than the maxNumberOfDuplications
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Integer[] removeDuplicates(int maxNumberOfDuplications) {
+        Integer[] outPut = new Integer[0];
+        int outPutIndex = 0;
+        for (int s : myCopyOfArray) {
+
+            if (getNumberOfOccurrences(myCopyOfArray, s) < maxNumberOfDuplications) {
+                outPut = Arrays.copyOf(outPut, outPut.length + 1);
+                outPut[outPutIndex] = s;
+                outPutIndex++;
+            }
+        }
+        return outPut;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param exactNumberOfDuplications
+     * @return returns an array of Integers not the exactNumberOfDuplications
+     */
+
+    @Override
+    public Integer[] removeDuplicatesExactly(int exactNumberOfDuplications) {
+        Integer[] outPut = new Integer[0];
+        int outPutIndex = 0;
+        for (int s : myCopyOfArray) {
+
+            if (getNumberOfOccurrences(myCopyOfArray, s) != exactNumberOfDuplications) {
+                outPut = Arrays.copyOf(outPut, outPut.length + 1);
+                outPut[outPutIndex] = s;
+                outPutIndex++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return outPut;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param array an array of Integers
+     * @param value  the value to which the number of occurence in the array is to be determined
+     * @return the number of times a value occurs in the array
+     */
+    public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(Integer[] array, Integer value) {
+
+        int counter = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i] == value) {
+                counter++;
+            }
+        }
+        return counter;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/StringDuplicateDeleter.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/StringDuplicateDeleter.java
index 4818fe3..b8e67dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/StringDuplicateDeleter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/looplabs/StringDuplicateDeleter.java
@@ -1,8 +1,62 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.looplabs;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/28/18.
  * @ATTENTION_TO_STUDENTS You are forbidden from modifying the signature of this class.
  */
 public final class StringDuplicateDeleter extends DuplicateDeleter<String> {
+
+    public StringDuplicateDeleter(String[] stringArray) {
+        super(stringArray);
+    }
+         String[] myCopyOfArray = Arrays.copyOf(this.array,this.array.length);
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param maxNumberOfDuplications
+     * @return
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String[] removeDuplicates(int maxNumberOfDuplications) {
+        String[] outPut = new String[0];
+        int outPutIndex = 0;
+        for (String s : myCopyOfArray) {
+
+           if(getNumberOfOccurrences(myCopyOfArray, s)< maxNumberOfDuplications) {
+                outPut = Arrays.copyOf(outPut, outPut.length+1);
+                outPut[outPutIndex] = s;
+                outPutIndex++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return outPut;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public String[] removeDuplicatesExactly(int exactNumberOfDuplications) {
+        String[] outPut = new String[0];
+        int outPutIndex = 0;
+        for (String s : myCopyOfArray) {
+            if (getNumberOfOccurrences(myCopyOfArray, s) != exactNumberOfDuplications) {
+                outPut = Arrays.copyOf(outPut, outPut.length+1);
+                outPut[outPutIndex] = s;
+                outPutIndex++;
+            }
+
+        }
+        return outPut;
+    }
+
+    public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
+
+              int counter = 0;
+               for(int i=0;i<array.length;i++){
+                       if(array[i].equalsIgnoreCase(value)){
+                              counter++;
+                          }
+                  }
+              return counter;
+    }
+
 }