code: def remove_blanks(letters: List[str]):
      """
      Given a list of letters, remove any empty strings.
  
      :param letters:
      :return:
  
      >>> remove_blanks(['a', '', 'b', '', 'c'])
      ['a', 'b', 'c']
      """
      cleaned = []
      for letter in letters:
          if letter != "":
              cleaned.append(letter)
      return cleaned
  
imports: import re
  import sys
  import unicodedata
  from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
label_desc: Use image node_id 15 for calling a global function with example usage: remove_blanks(letters) and returns: cleaned