ss="token operator">: </span><a href="../../kotools.types.text/-not-blank-string/index.html">NotBlankString</a></div><p class="paragraph">Returns this string as a <a href="../../kotools.types.text/-not-blank-string/index.html">NotBlankString</a>, or throws an <a href="https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-illegal-argument-exception/index.html">IllegalArgumentException</a> if this string is <a href="https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.text/index.html">blank</a>.</p></div></div>