Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * The MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2010 The Broad Institute * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ public class Main { public static String cigarStringFromArray(final char[] cigar) { String result = ""; int length = cigar.length; char lastOp = 0; int lastLen = 0; for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { if (cigar[i] == lastOp) { lastLen++; } else if (cigar[i] == '-') { ; // nothing - just ignore '-' } else { if (lastOp != 0) result = result + Integer.toString(lastLen) + Character.toString(lastOp); lastLen = 1; lastOp = cigar[i]; } } return result + Integer.toString(lastLen) + Character.toString(lastOp); } }