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Compact

func Compact[T comparable](slice []T) []T

Compact removes all zero values from the slice. A zero value is determined by the zero value of type T (0 for numbers, "" for strings, nil for pointers, false for bools, etc.).

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package main

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/Goldziher/go-utils/sliceutils"
)

func main() {
    // Remove zero numbers
    numbers := []int{1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 5}
    compacted := sliceutils.Compact(numbers)
    fmt.Printf("%v\n", compacted) // [1 2 3 4 5]

    // Remove empty strings
    strings := []string{"hello", "", "world", "", "!"}
    compactedStrings := sliceutils.Compact(strings)
    fmt.Printf("%v\n", compactedStrings) // [hello world !]
}