For example,Given input array A=[1,1,2], your fuction will return length=2,ans A is now {1,2}

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

public class mytest extends Thread{


	public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
		
		 int [] data={1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2};
	        int result=result(data);
	        System.out.println("The length of the Array is:"+result);
	
	}
	static int result(int data [])
    {
        int i=0;
        int j=i+1;
        int k=0;
        boolean flag=true;
        int last=data.length;
        if(last==0)
            return 0;
        if(last==1)
        {   print(data,last);
            return 1;
        }
        while(j<=data.length-1)
        {
        	if(flag)
        	data[k++]=data[i];
        	
            if(data[i]==data[j])
            {
                last--;
                flag=false;
            }
            else
            {
            	flag=true;
            }
            i=j;
            j++;
           
            
            
        }
        if(j==data.length)
        {
        	data[k]=data[--j];
        }
        
        print(data,last);
      return last;
    }
	static void print(int [] data,int k)
	{
		for(int i=0;i<k;i++)
			System.out.print(data[i]+" ");
		System.out.println();
		
	}
}