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Reference · stzListOfNumbers

Content()

Returned straight from the field. It used to be assigned to a local first, which bought nothing -- Haro copies a list on return either way, so callers were always safe -- and cost a SECOND full copy of the list on every call. Over a million numbers that was 0.32s per call, more than the whole engine crossing it was sitting in front of.

also written: Numbers

Basic examples (1)

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oNums = new stzListOfNumbers([ 1, 2, 3, 4 ])
oBuf = oNums.ToStzNumBuffer()
# the numbers arrive resident
? @@(oBuf.ToList())
oBuf.Scale(10).AddScalar(1)
# ...and are worked on there, with no crossing per step
? @@(oBuf.ToList())
oBack = oBuf.ToStzListOfNumbers()
# the return leg lands in the list tier
? @@(oBack.Content())
# ...as the real class, not a raw list
? classname(oBack)
oAsList = oBuf.ToStzList()
# or as a plain stzList, if that is what you wanted
? @@(oAsList.Content())
# and the ORIGINAL list is untouched -- the door copies, it does not move
? @@(oNums.Content())
oBuf.Free()
Output
[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
[ 11, 21, 31, 41 ]
[ 11, 21, 31, 41 ]
stzlistofnumbers
[ 11, 21, 31, 41 ]
[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from numeric_tier_door_narrated.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 · ContentQ, NumbersQ, ContentUQ, NumbersWQ and 2 more
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
yes
returns the result as an object of the requested type · NumbersQRT, NumbersWQRT
CS
yes
takes a case-sensitivity flag · ContentCS, ContentCSQ, ContentCSU, ContentCSUQ
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
yes
selects by a condition · NumbersW, NumbersWQ, NumbersWQRT
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
yes
returns the result without duplication · ContentU, ContentUQ, ContentCSU, ContentCSUQ

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