Re: Removing empty string elements from an Array


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Re: Removing empty string elements from an Array

by Masem (Monsignor)

on Nov 13, 2001 at 06:01 UTC ( [id://124975]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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@array = grep { $_ ne '' } @array;
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(ar0n) Re (2): Removing empty string elements from an Array by ar0n (Priest) on Nov 13, 2001 at 07:44 UTC
Taking that one step further, if by "empty" you also mean lines that consist solely of whitespace: `@array = grep /\S/, @array;` [download] [ ar0n ]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Removing empty string elements from an Array by Abbot Michael (Initiate) on Mar 08, 2019 at 15:35 UTC
Masem wrote: `@array = grep { $_ ne '' } @array;` Wow, you can't improve on perfection, very cute. Long-handed its an easy problem, but clumsy because this is succinct and cute...	[reply] [d/l]

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