Built-In Functions

More than 50 functions are built into the language processor. The built-in functions fall into the following categories:
  • Arithmetic functions

    Evaluate numbers from the argument and return a particular value.

  • Comparison functions

    Compare numbers, or strings, or both and return a value.

  • Conversion functions

    Convert one type of data representation to another type of data representation.

  • Formatting functions

    Manipulate the characters and spacing in strings supplied in the argument.

  • String manipulating functions

    Analyze a string supplied in the argument (or a variable representing a string) and return a particular value.

  • Miscellaneous functions

    Do not clearly fit into any of the other categories.

The following tables briefly describe the functions in each category. For a complete description of these functions, see Functions.


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