diff --git a/chapter01/1.6 - String Compression/strComp.js b/chapter01/1.6 - String Compression/strComp.js
index 2d0e776..1d1ac2f 100644
--- a/chapter01/1.6 - String Compression/strComp.js	
+++ b/chapter01/1.6 - String Compression/strComp.js	
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
-var strComp = function(string) {
-  var compressed = '';
-  var currChar = '';
-  var currCount = '';
-  var maxCount = 1;
-  for (var i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {
-    if (currChar !== string[i]) {
-      console.log(currChar, string[i], i);
-      compressed = compressed + currChar + currCount;
-      maxCount = Math.max(maxCount, currCount);
-      currChar = string[i];
-      currCount = 1;
-    } else {
-      currCount++;
-    }
-  }
-  compressed = compressed + currChar + currCount;
-  maxCount = Math.max(maxCount, currCount);
+function compress(str) {
+   var arr = [], j = 0;
+   for(var i = 0; i < str.length; i = j) {
+     var ch = str[i], count = 1;
+     while(str[++j] == ch) {
+       count++;
+     }
+     arr.push(ch + count);
+   }
+   var rtn = arr.join('');
+   return rtn.length < str.length ? rtn : str; 
+}
 
-  return maxCount === 1 ? string : compressed;
-};
 
 // Test
-console.log('aaaaaa', strComp('aaaaaa'), 'a6');
-console.log('aabcccccaaa', strComp('aabcccccaaa'), 'a2b1c5a3');
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+console.log('aaaaaa', compress('aaaaaa'), 'a6');
+console.log('aabcccccaaa', compress('aabcccccaaa'), 'a2b1c5a3');