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/ string_compression_in_memory.py
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Compress and extract a string in memory in Python 2 and 3
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| from gzip import GzipFile | |
| from io import BytesIO | |
| def compress_string(uncompressed_string): | |
| """ | |
| Takes a string object as an argument, compresses it in memory and returns | |
| a compressed string. | |
| Any Non UTF-8 characters will be stripped during this process. | |
| :param uncompressed_string: Regular Sting |