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JavaScript

var myArray = ["I", "am", "", "still", "here", "", "man"] ;

var myNewArray = [] ;
var myOldPosition = [] ;

for(var i=0, max = myArray.length ; i < max ; i++){
    myArray[i] == '' ? true : myNewArray.push(myArray[i]) 
    myArray[i] == '' ? true : myOldPosition.push(i)    
}

console.log(myNewArray) ;
console.log(myOldPosition);