Filter strings of a minimum and maximum length using list comprehension

filter-strings-by-length-using-list-comprehension

min_length = 1 #as long or longer than this
max_length = 4 #no longer than this

data = ['', 'a', 'bb', 'cc', '', 'ddd', 'eee', 'ffff', 'ggggg', 'hhhhhh']
results = [item[:max_length] for item in data if len(item) >= min_length] 

print(results)

#['a', 'bb', 'cc', 'ddd', 'eee', 'ffff', 'gggg', 'hhhh']