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Reference · stzString

RemoveLeadingAndTrailingChars()

Same as RemoveLeadingChars: RemoveLeadingChars / RemoveTrailingChars / RemoveBoundingChars: strip every leading (or trailing, or both) char that matches the first (resp. last) char of the current content. Equivalent to the "trim run" interpretation in narrative tests.

Basic examples (1)

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o1 = new stzString("eeeTuniseee")
o1.RemoveRepeatedLeadingChars()
o1.RemoveRepeatedTrailingChars()
# runs gone
? o1.Content()
o2 = new stzString("eeeTuniseee")
o2.RemoveLeadingAndTrailingChars()
# same in one call
? o2.Content()
Output
Tunis
Tunis

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 770_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 · RemoveLeadingAndTrailingCharsQ
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

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See also