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Reference · stzString

RemoveFirstChar()

RemoveFirstCharCS(pCaseSensitive): "permissiveness" form -- accepts the case-sensitivity flag for narrative-symmetry, but ignores it (per stzStringTest block #37). (case-sensitive by default)

Basic examples (2)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("1BATISTA")
o1.RemoveFirstChar()
# mutated in place
? o1.Content()
# or functionally
? StzStringQ("1BATISTA").FirstCharRemoved()
Output
BATISTA
BATISTA

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 683_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

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o1 = new stzString("_ABC_DE_")
o1.RemoveFirstChar()
# the leading underscore goes
? o1.Content()
o1.RemoveThisFirstCharCS("a", :CS = FALSE)
# the case-insensitive A goes too
? o1.Content()
o1.RemoveNthChar(:Last)
# the last char goes
? o1.Content()
o1.RemoveThisNthChar(3, "_")
# position 3 goes because it IS an underscore
? o1.Content()
Output
ABC_DE_
BC_DE_
BC_DE
BCDE

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 371_content.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 · RemoveFirstCharQ, RemoveFirstCharCSQ, RemoveFirstCharXTQ
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
yes
takes a case-sensitivity flag · RemoveFirstCharCS, RemoveFirstCharCSQ
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 · RemoveFirstCharXT, RemoveFirstCharXTQ
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