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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
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title: nonNull (list)
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## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Filters the null elements in a list, and returns a list that contains only non-null objects.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`List`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
list:nonNull(list) 
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>list</td><td>An array of Objects.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

Assume <i>aList</i> is <i>['string1', null, 'string2']</i>.

`list:nonNull(aList)`

Returns `['string1', 'string2']`