(filter (comp not nit?) [nil 2 3 nil false true 4])
->
(remove nil? [...])

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:53 PM, kevin roth
<kevin.c.zucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Be careful with the (filter identity ...) which will also remove "falses"
> from seqs.
> (filter identity [nil 2 3 nil false true 4])
> => (2 3 true 4)
> Since (identity false) and (identity nil) returns respectively false and nil
> they are BOTH rejected by filter.
>
> This could do the trick:
> (filter (comp not nit?) [nil 2 3 nil false true 4])
> => (2 3 false true 4)
>
> On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:37:16 AM UTC+1, Luc wrote:
>>
>> user=> (time (filter identity [ nil 1 2 nil 4]))
>> "Elapsed time: 0.053219 msecs"
>> (1 2 4)
>>
>> user=> (time (remove nil? [ nil 1 2 nil 4]))
>> "Elapsed time: 0.065092 msecs"
>> (1 2 4)
>>
>> Choose the flavor your prefer...
>>
>> Luc P.
>>
>> Glen Rubin <rubi...@gmail.com> wrote ..
>> > What is the fastest way to remove nils from a sequence?
>> >
>> > I usually use the filter function, but I see there are other functions
>> > like remove that should also do the trick.
>> >
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