First clear solution for Compress List by twilyght - python coding challenges

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First solution in Clear category for Compress List by twilyght

from typing import Iterable


def compress(items: list) -> Iterable:
    return items[0:1] + [n1 for n1, n2 in zip(items[1:], items) if n1 != n2]

May 4, 2020

Comments:

Caloe_Mae on Jan. 4, 2021, 6:25 a.m.
interesting way to zip items[1:] with items fore comparision

koborC on Jan. 4, 2021, 2:10 p.m.
Your code made me realize that list comprehensions work with empty lists in beautiful way. Thank you for sharing! (❁´◡`❁)

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