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Reference · stzString

ToListInString()

ToListInString(): the hosted list rendered in normal form (@@).

Basic examples (1)

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# normal to short
? StzStringQ('[1,2,3]').ToListInShortForm()
# short to normal
? StzStringQ('1:3').ToListInNormalForm()
# a string list to short
? StzStringQ(' ["A","B","C","D"] ').ToListInShortForm()
# an Arabic range to short
? StzStringQ(' "ا":"ج" ').ToListInShortForm()
# the default rendering is normal
? StzStringQ('[1,2,3]').ToListInString()
# ... whatever hosted it
? StzStringQ('1:3').ToListInString()
# ... expanding char ranges
? StzStringQ(' "A":"C" ').ToListInString()
# the SF abbreviation
? StzStringQ('[1,2, 3]').ToListInStringSF()
# ... on a short host
? StzStringQ('1:3').ToListInStringSF()
# ... on a string list
? StzStringQ(' ["A","B","C","D"] ').ToListInStringSF()
# ... on an Arabic list
? StzStringQ(' [ "ا", "ب", "ة", "ت" ] ').ToListInStringSF()
Output
1 : 3
[ 1, 2, 3 ]
"A" : "D"
"ا" : "ج"
[ 1, 2, 3 ]
[ 1, 2, 3 ]
[ "A", "B", "C" ]
1 : 3
1 : 3
"A" : "D"
"ا" : "ت"

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 527_identifying_lists_inside_a_string.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
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