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Reference · stzString

Spacify()

Spacify: shorter spelling -- same as SpacifyChars.

Basic examples (2)

Softanza
# four carets, doubled gaps
? Q("ABTCADNBBABEFACCC").SpacifyQ().vizFind("A")
Output
A B T C A D N B B A B E F A C C C
^-------^---------^-------^------

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 956_spacify.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("99999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT( " ", 3, :Backward )
# spaces group every 3 from the right
? o1.Content()
Output
99 999 999 999

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 275_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Scope (8)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("99999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT( "_", 3, :Backward )
# underscores group every 3 digits from the right
? o1.Content()
Output
99_999_999_999

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 270_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("12345269775114")
o1.SpacifyXT( [ " ", ".", :LastChars = 6 ], [ 3, 2 ], :Backward )
# head-3, tail-2
? o1.Content()
Output
12 345 269.77 51 14

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 282_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("99999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT( :Using = " ", :Step = 3, :Going = :Backward )
# the named-param form groups the same
? o1.Content()
Output
99 999 999 999

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 276_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("99999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT( :Using = "_", :Step = 3, :Direction = :Backward )
# the named-param form groups the same way
? o1.Content()
Output
99_999_999_999

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 271_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("99999999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT(
		:Using     = [ " ", :AndThen = ".", :LastNChars = 6 ],
		:Step      = [ 2, :AndThen = 3],
		:Direction = :Backward
	)
# grouped
? o1.Content()
Output
99 99 99 99.999 999

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 285_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("9999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT(
		:Using     = [ " ", :AndThen = ".", :LastNChars = 2 ],
		:Step      = [ 3, 2 ],
		:Direction = [ :Backward, :AndThen = 'forward' ]
	)
# grouped
? o1.Content()
Output
99 999 999.99

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 283_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("9999999999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT(
		:Separator = [ " ", :AndThen = "." , :LastNChars = 7 ],
		:Step      = [ 3, :AndThen = 2 ],
		:Direction = [ :Backward, :AndThen = :Forward ]
	)
# two zones
? o1.Content()
Output
999 999 999.99 99 99 9

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 280_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza
o1 = new stzString("999999999999")
o1.SpacifyXT(
		:Using     = [ " ", "." ],
		:Step      = [ 3, :AndThen = 2, :LastNChars = 5 ],
		:Direction = [ :Backward, :AndThen = 'forward' ]
	)
# head backward-3, tail forward-2
? o1.Content()
Output
9 999 999.99 99 9

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 284_content.ring(opens in a new tab)

and 1 more in the tests

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 · SpacifyQ, SpacifyXTQ
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
yes
the extended form: more parameters than the base method · SpacifyXT, SpacifyXTQ
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