Fwd: Re: [jcd@sdf.lonestar.org: Re: Compress a string]

[python]

> I'm trying to compress a string.
> E.g:
>
>  "AAAABBBC" -> "ABC"

Doesn't preserve order, but insures uniqueness:

line = "AAAABBBC"
print ''.join( set( line ) )

Malcolm
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