Create a method, encode, that converts an array of strings into a single string and then sends it over the network. Create another method, decode, that takes the encoded string and converts it back into the original array of strings.

Constraints:

• $1 \leq$ strings.length $\leq 100$
• $0 \leq$ strings[i].length $\leq 100$
• strings[i] consist of any possible combinations of characters from 256 valid ASCII characters.

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