30-seconds-of-code/snippets/compact.md

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compact	list,beginner

Removes falsey values from a list.

Use filter() to filter out falsey values (False, None, 0, and "").

def compact(lst):
  return list(filter(None, lst))

compact([0, 1, False, 2, '', 3, 'a', 's', 34]) # [ 1, 2, 3, 'a', 's', 34 ]