remove_zeroes.py

def removeZeroes(nums: list[int]) -> list[int]:
    count = len(nums)

    left = 0
    while left < count and nums[left] == 0:
        left += 1

    right = count - 1
    while right > left and nums[right] == 0:
        right -= 1

    return nums[left:right + 1]

print(removeZeroes([0, 0, 0, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0]))
# > [3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9]

print(removeZeroes([0, 0, 0]))
# > []

print(removeZeroes([8]))
# > [8]

print(removeZeroes([0, 1, 0, 1, 0]))
# > [1, 0, 1]