how to check multiple strings for emptyness in python

Question

I have inputs s1, s2, s3. I need to concatenate them only if they really exist.

I did:

s1 = s1.strip()
s2 = s2.strip()
s3 = s3.strip()
if s1 and s2 and s3: 
   input = s1 + ' ' + s2 + ' ' + s3
if s1 and s2:
   input = s1 + ' ' + s2
if s1 and s3: 
   input = s1 + ' ' + s3
if s2 and s3: 
   input = s2 + ' ' + s3
....
...

e.g. I dont want test ( white space ). I want test if the rest 2 inputs are empty.

how can I do this in more efficient and elegant way?

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-03 15:45:02Z

5

You can use join() to join non-empty strings (one line):

>>> s1 = 'test'
>>> s2 = ''
>>> s3 = ''
>>> ' '.join(s for s in (s1,s2,s3) if s)
'test'

answered Apr 3, 2014 at 15:45

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Ffisegydd Over a year ago

+1. Though it's quicker if you use a list comprehension inside join as per this question

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