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Reference · stzList

StringifyAndReplace()

StringifyAndReplace: Stringify the content, then replace every occurrence of pItem with the supplied value (pWith). pWith accepts the :With named-param form or a bare string. StringifyAndReplaceQ(item, with) returns This. XT variant is just an alias for the moment -- the original Softanza distinguished "internal-staff" semantics, but they collapse to the same engine path here.

Basic examples (2)

Softanza
o1 = new stzList([ "--_--", [ 12, "--_--", 10], "--_--", 9 ])
o1.StringifyAndReplace("_", "♥")
? @@( o1.Content() )
Output
[ "--♥--", '[ 12, "--♥--", 10 ]', "--♥--", "9" ]

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 92_stringifyandreplace.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzList([ "--_--", [ 12, "--_--", 10], "--_--", 9 ])
o1.StringifyAndReplaceXT("_", "♥") # Used by internal staff in Softanza
? @@( o1.Content() )
Output
[ "--♥--", '[ 12, "--♥--", 10 ]', "--♥--", "9" ]

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 91_stringifyandreplacext.ring(opens in a new tab)

Scope (2)

Softanza
aLargeList = [ "--_--", [ 12, "--_--", 10], "--_--", 9 ]
for i = 1 to 1_000
	aLargeList + "_--_"
next
o1 = new stzList(aLargeList)
o1.StringifyAndReplace("_", "♥")
? @@( o1.FirstNItems(5) )
? @@( o1.LastNItems(3) )
Output
[ "--♥--", '[ 12, "--♥--", 10 ]', "--♥--", "9", "♥--♥" ]
[ "♥--♥", "♥--♥", "♥--♥" ]

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 96_firstnitems.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
aList = [ 10, 20, "One", "ONE", [ :Tunis, :Paris ], 30, "two" ]
for i = 1 to 10
	aList + ("*" + i)
next
aList + "in"
aList + "out"
aList + "IN"
aList + "OUT"
o1 = new stzList(aList)
? @@( o1.StringifyAndReplaceQ(",", "*").Content() )
? o1.ContainsDuplicates()
Output
[ "10", "20", "One", "ONE", '[ "tunis"* "paris" ]', "30", "two", "*1", "*2", "*3", "*4", "*5", "*6", "*7", "*8", "*9", "*10", "in", "out", "IN", "OUT" ]
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run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 238_stringifyandreplace.ring(opens in a new tab)

The extensions of this method

Each extension, and whether it exists for this method; an extension that exists combines with the others (FindSTCS).

Extension
Exists
What it adds · The names
Q
yes
does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained · StringifyAndReplaceQ, StringifyAndReplaceXTQ
QQ
no
chains on the next, more specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QQQ
no
chains on the most specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QRT
no
returns the result as an object of the requested type
CS
no
takes a case-sensitivity flag
ST
no
takes the position to start from (StartingAt)
IB
no
takes bounds that are included (IncludingBounds)
XT
yes
the extended form: more parameters than the base method · StringifyAndReplaceXT, StringifyAndReplaceXTQ
XTT
no
yet another extension: a further extended form, after XT
Z
no
includes the position in what it returns
ZZ
no
returns positions as sections, [start, end]
W
no
selects by a condition
WF
no
selects by a condition, with the expressive keywords (@NextItem, @PreviousItem...)
D
no
takes a direction, forward or backward (Directional)
F
no
takes a function (the condition or the update is given as a function); the forms document also uses F for the future form, which defers the action
Many
no
works on a collection of items instead of one (the plural form)
Except
no
takes exceptions, what to leave out (the exceptional form)
U
no
returns the result without duplication

Every example is a test file of the library, run inside the library for this page; only those whose output kept every promise their file wrote are shown.

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