Basic examples (2)
Softanza
o1 = new stzList([ "a", "b", "e", "a", "c", "v", "e" ]) ? o1.FindMany([ "a", "e" ]) ? @@NL( o1.TheseItemsZ([ "a", "e" ]) )
Output
1 3 4 7 [ [ "a", [ 1, 4 ] ], [ "e", [ 3, 7 ] ] ]
run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 460_findmany.ring(opens in a new tab)
Softanza
o1 = new stzList([ :one, :two, :one, :three, :one, :four ]) ? o1.FindMany([ :one, :five ]) ? @@(o1.TheseItemsZ([ :one, :five ]))
Output
1 3 5 [ [ "one", [ 1, 3, 5 ] ], [ "five", [ ] ] ]
run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 467_findmany.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
no
does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained
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
no
the extended form: more parameters than the base method
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.
See also
- The class stzList
- The area's reference: Collections & objects
- The other methods in these examples: stzList.Find

