code: def join(delim, items, quotes=False):
  		
  		transform = lambda s: s
  		if quotes == True:
  			transform = lambda s: s if ' ' not in s else '"{}"'.format(s)
  		
  		stripped = list([transform(i) for i in items if len(i) > 0])
  		if len(stripped) > 0:
  			return delim.join(stripped)
  		return ''
docs: Joins the supplied list of strings after removing any empty strings from the list