array_with_blank_strings.compact.reject(&:blank?)

>> array_with_blank_strings = ["Item 1", "Item 2", " ", "Item 3", nil]
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def browser?(b)
    user_agents = {
      :ff   => /Firefox/,
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def translation_links
    lang = [
      %w[en english us], 
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FIELDS = [ 'first', 'last',      'band' ]
DATA   = [['Kurt',  'Cobain',    'Nirvana'],
          ['Jimi',  'Page',      'Led Zeppelin'],
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public static int[] zigzagify(int[] array, int xmax, int ymax) {
        int[] zz = new int[array.length]; //zigzag array
        if (array.length != xmax * ymax) {
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artists = [1, 2, 3]
    column_1 = artists[0..artists.size/2]
    column_2 = artists[artists.size/2+1..artists.size]

<?php

$payload = array(array(
...

times.each do |time|
      events.each do |event|
        if time.strftime("%I:%M %p") == event.datetime.strftime("%I:%M %p")
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module Enumerable
    def cluster 
        sort.inject([[]]) do |out, n|
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xml = REXML::Document.new(data)

artists = []
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<?php
/*
 * This is a test of a rules based iterative algorithm...
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def find_npa(dialed_nxx)
  
  nxx_819 = [ 205, 208, 210, 213, 243 ]
...