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compact_blank!

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compact_blank!() public

Removes all blank elements from the Array in place and returns self. Uses Object#blank? for determining if an item is blank.

a = [1, "", nil, 2, " ", [], {}, false, true]
a.compact_blank!
# =>  [1, 2, true]

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb, line 308
  def compact_blank!
    # use delete_if rather than reject! because it always returns self even if nothing changed
    delete_if(&:blank?)
  end

compact_blank!

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