ListCompact

Compacts a list by removing empty items from the start and end of the list

Method Signature

ListCompact(list=[string], delimiter=[string], multiCharacterDelimiter=[boolean])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
list	string	true	The list to compact
delimiter	string	false	string the list delimiter	,
multiCharacterDelimiter	boolean	false	boolean whether the delimiter is multi-character	false

Examples

Trims first and last comma from list string

Run Example

listCompact( ",eggs,milk,bread,flour," );

Result: eggs,milk,bread,flour

Additional Examples

Run Example

// Simple function
writeOutput( listCompact( ",,,Plant,green,save,earth,," ) );
// Member function with custom delimiter
strLst = "+++1+2+3+4+++++++";
writeDump( strLst.listCompact( "+" ) );

Related

• ListSome

• ListReduceRight

• ListPrepend

• ListFirst

• ListLast

• ListIndexExists

• ListInsertAt

• ListChangeDelims

• ListFind

• ListFindNoCase

• ListContains

• ListContainsNoCase

• ListTrim

• ListMap

• ListDeleteAt

• ListRemoveDuplicates

• ListToArray

• ListQualify

• ListAppend

• ListValueCount

• ListValueCountNoCase

• ListAvg

• ListLen

• ListRest

• ListGetAt

• ListEvery

• ListEach

• ListSort

• ListSetAt

• ListFilter

• GetToken

• ListItemTrim