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FindSubStringsAsSectionsW()

FindSubStringsAsSectionsW(pcCondition): enumerate every substring [start, end] and return the sections where the @SubString predicate is TRUE. Engine-backed (stzList.FindW over the candidates), no eval(). FindSubStringsAsSectionsW(pcCondition): the [start,end] sections of every substring matching the predicate. Engine-backed -- enumerates the candidate substrings and evaluates the @SubString predicate via the list W-DSL (stzList.FindW, predicate normalized: { } stripped, @SubString -> @item, Q().Method() lowered), with NO eval(). For engine-expressible predicates (=, or, and, comparisons); for richer ones use the WF form below. Replaces the retired raw-eval FindSubStringsAsSectionsWXT.

Basic examples (1)

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# the length-4 sections containing a heart pair
? @@( Q("..♥^^♥..^♥♥^..").FindSubStringsAsSectionsWF( func s { return Q(s).NumberOfChars() = 4 and Q(s).ContainsCS("♥♥", 1) } ) )
Output
[ [ 8, 11 ], [ 9, 12 ], [ 10, 13 ] ]

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 148_findsubstringsassectionswf.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
yes
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 · FindSubStringsAsSectionsWF
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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