diff --git a/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.cpp b/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.cpp
index 4f3ee7a..c6b95e7 100644
--- a/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.cpp
+++ b/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/** Implementation of the Phone_Directory using an array
+/** Implementation of the Phone_Directory using an array
 	of entries
 	@author Koffman and Wolfgang
 */
@@ -115,12 +115,33 @@ void Phone_Directory::save()
 	*/
 string Phone_Directory::remove_entry(const string& name) // Exercise 1.7: please complete the remove_entry() method - Ed/Kent
 {
+	    // calling function find to return me the index of array where the name the user wants to delete is located
+		int index = find(name);
+		// Checks to see if that name is not in the directory else if the name is in the directory the next step is to delete it
+		if (index == -1)  {
+		return "";
+		}
+		else {
+			// Gets the full number on directory from index for example xxx-xxx-xxxx
+			string usernumber = the_directory[index].get_number();
+		for (int i = index; i < size - 1; i++) {
+		//shifts the directory and rewrites the shifted directory to the same one
+		the_directory[i] = the_directory[i + 1];
+		//reduces the size of the directory by one each time it goes throught the loop
+		size--;
+		// returns the number
+		return usernumber;
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+
 
-	// Hint: you can use the code below to shift names down in the directory to remove the selected entry specified by "index"
-	// for (int i = index; i < size - 1; i++)
+		// Hint: you can use the code below to shift names down in the directory to remove the selected entry specified by "index"
+		// for (int i = index; i < size - 1; i++)
 		// the_directory[i] = the_directory[i + 1];
 
-	return "";
+		//return "";
 }
 
 // Private method implementation
diff --git a/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.h b/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.h
index 663a9c5..6e114d2 100644
--- a/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.h
+++ b/PhoneDirectory/Array_Based_PD.h
@@ -55,10 +55,26 @@ class Phone_Directory
 private:
 	class Directory_Entry /* Exercise 1.6: Please complete the definition of the Directory_Entry class here. - Ed/Kent */
 	{
-	public:
 	
+	public:
+		Directory_Entry() {} // Default no-argument constructor 
+		Directory_Entry(std::string the_name, std::string the_number) {
+			name = the_name;
+			number = the_number;
+			// constructor not implemented yet
+		}
+		std::string get_name() const {
+			return name; // method not implemented yet
+		}
+		std::string get_number() const {
+			return number; // method not implemented yet
+		}
+		void set_number(const std::string& new_number) {
+			number = new_number; // method not implemented yet
+		}
 	private:
-
+		std::string name;
+		std::string number;
 	};
 
 	// Private Functions
diff --git a/PhoneDirectory/PD_Application.cpp b/PhoneDirectory/PD_Application.cpp
index d0bbda9..4cc33f5 100644
--- a/PhoneDirectory/PD_Application.cpp
+++ b/PhoneDirectory/PD_Application.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ void do_remove_entry(Phone_Directory& the_directory) // Exercise 1.8: please com
 	string name;
 	cout << "Enter name: ";
 	getline(cin, name);
+	string deletednum = the_directory.remove_entry(name);
+	cout << deletednum << "has been deleted" << endl;
+
 	// Complete the rest of this function 
 	
 }