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RemoveEmptyValues ( array )

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Michael Rhodes, Allied Data Service
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Recursively removes extraneous character returns in a list of values

Sample Input:

RemoveEmptyValues ( "¶a¶¶¶¶¶b¶" )

Sample Output:

"a¶b¶"

/* Created by Michael Rhodes rhodes.michaelc@gmail.com */ Let ( /* This outer let statement removes empty values at the beginning of an array. No idea why, but it doesn't work in the following recursive let statement. */ [ start = Position ( array; LeftWords ( array; 1 ); 1; 1 ); array = Middle ( array; start; Length ( array ) - start + 1 ) ]; Let ( array = Substitute ( array; "¶¶"; ¶ ); case ( array = ¶ ; "" ; IsEmpty ( FilterValues ( array; "¶¶" ) ); array; // else RemoveEmptyValues ( array ) ) // end if ) // end inner let ) // end outer let
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Description:

Removes empty values from a value list.

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Updated 4/17/2009 to account for arrays that have only empty values.

Michael Rhodes, Rancho Cucamonga
April 17, 2009 9:47pm

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