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AddRemoveListItems( theList; thevalues )

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Bruce Robertson, Concise Design
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Add or remove item from list, also remove empty lines

Sample Input:
AddRemoveListItems( "¶a¶¶¶¶¶¶7¶6¶¶B¶¶"; "x")
Sample Output:
a
7
6
B
x


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Description:

AddRemoveListItems (theList; theValues)
Adapted from function by: David Head, uLearnIT
theList: standard return separated list
theValues: text

This function will add an item to a list if it does not already exist; otherwise the item is removed from the list

Always removes empty lines from list, including leading/trailing returns

Simply remove empty lines from list:
AddRemoveListItems ( theList; "")

Recursive: theValues can be a list of values, each will be processed in sequence.

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