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Reference · stzNumber

RemoveZerosFromLeft()

They are now expressed directly on the digits. The right-hand strip stays guarded by IsReal(): trailing zeros of an INTEGER are significant, and turning 100 into 1 would be a catastrophe rather than a tidy-up. "007" -> "7", "00.5" -> "0.5". A single leading zero before the point is kept.

Basic examples (1)

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oLead = new stzNumber("007")
oLead.RemoveZerosFromLeft()
# leading zeros go
? oLead.Content()
oTrail = new stzNumber("1.500")
oTrail.RemoveZerosFromRight()
# trailing zeros of a REAL number go
? oTrail.Content()
oInt = new stzNumber("100")
oInt.RemoveZerosFromRight()
# ...but an INTEGER keeps its zeros
? oInt.Content()
oBoth = new stzNumber("007.500")
oBoth.RemoveZeros()
# both ends together
? oBoth.Content()
Output
7
1.5
100
7.5

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from number_dead_calls_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 · RemoveZerosFromLeftQ
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