Compress a string

[inhahe]

I forgot a line that says, "lc = c"
i should really test my stuff.

"inhahe" <inhahe at gmail.com> wrote in message news:...
>i see lots of neat one-liner solutions but just for the sake of argument:
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> def compress_str(str):
>     new_str = ""
>     lc = ""
>     for c in str:
>        if c != lc: new_str.append(c)
>     return new_str
>
>
> "Matt Porter" <mabbikeel at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.1315.1211133997.12834.python-list at python.org...
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I'm trying to compress a string.
>> E.g:
>>  "AAAABBBC" -> "ABC"
>>
>> The code I have so far feels like it could be made clearer and more 
>> succinct, but a solution is currently escaping me.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Matt
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