github.com/anth0d/nomad@v0.0.0-20221214183521-ae3a0a2cad06/website/content/docs/job-specification/hcl2/functions/collection/compact.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: compact - Functions - Configuration Language 4 description: The compact function removes empty string elements from a list. 5 --- 6 7 # `compact` Function 8 9 `compact` takes a list of strings and returns a new list with any empty string 10 elements removed. 11 12 ## Examples 13 14 ```shell-session 15 > compact(["a", "", "b", "c"]) 16 [ 17 "a", 18 "b", 19 "c", 20 ] 21 ```