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Backspace an array

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Given an array consisting of positive integers and 0s, return it with 0s acting like backspaces.

Leading backspaces do nothing, and more backspaces than elements also does nothing.

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[0,0,0,0,0,5,7] -> [5,7]
[1,2,0,3] -> [1,3]
[1,5,5,0,2,0,0,8] -> [1,8]
[1,2,3,4,0,0,9] -> [1,2,9]
[1,2,0,0,0,0,0] -> []
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Python 3.8 (pre-release), 62 bytes

f=lambda x,a=[]:f(x[1:],a+[x[0]]if x[0]else a[:-1])if x else a

Try it online!

-11 bytes thanks to user

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user‭ wrote over 3 years ago

You can get this to 62 bytes, and probably lower with Python slice black magic.

hyper-neutrino‭ wrote over 3 years ago

@user Oh, using an accumulator is a good idea. thanks.