Compress – Keep Writable

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varname = compress(varname, , ‘kw’);

The modifier “k” stands for ‘KEEP’ and the modifier “w” stands for ‘WRITABLE’. When compress function is used in combination of K & W modifiers, it keeps all the writable characters which means it deletes all the non writable characters.

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