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Python: Remove additional spaces in a given list

Python List: Exercise - 206 with Solution

Write a Python program to remove additional spaces from a given list.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

def test(lst):
    result =[]
    for i in lst:
        j = i.replace(' ','')
        result.append(j)
    return result

text = ['abc ', '  ', ' ', 'sdfds ', ' ', '     ', 'sdfds ', 'huy']
print("\nOriginal list:")
print(text)
print("Remove additional spaces from the said list:")
print(test(text))

Sample Output: 

Original list:
['abc ', '  ', ' ', 'sdfds ', ' ', '     ', 'sdfds ', 'huy']
Remove additional spaces from the said list:
['abc', '', '', 'sdfds', '', '', 'sdfds', 'huy']

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Returns True if the provided function returns True for every element in the list, False otherwise:

Example:

def tips_every(lst, fn=lambda x: x):
  return all(map(fn, lst))

print(tips_every([2, 4, 3], lambda x: x > 1))
print(tips_every([1, 2, 3]))

Output:

True
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