src/main/java/com/fishercoder/solutions/_80.java

package com.fishercoder.solutions;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class _80 {

    public static class Solution1 {
        public int removeDuplicates(int[] nums) {
            int counter = 0;
            int len = nums.length;
            if (len < 3) {
                return len;
            }
            List<Integer> a = new ArrayList();
            a.add(nums[0]);
            a.add(nums[1]);
            for (int i = 2; i < len; i++) {
                if (nums[i] != nums[i - 1]) {
                    a.add(nums[i]);
                } else if (nums[i] != nums[i - 2]) {
                    a.add(nums[i]);
                }
            }

            counter = a.size();
            for (int i = 0; i < counter; i++) {
                nums[i] = a.get(i);
            }
            return counter;
        }
    }

}