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basic.functions

Definition/BASIC Program, Releases:

elements in FlashBASIC or Pick/BASIC language expressions, returning a single value in place, as a function of the arguments. A function can be used anywhere a variable or expression is used.

Syntax

function({argument{,argument{,..}}})

Description

elements in FlashBASIC or Pick/BASIC language expressions, returning a single value in place, as a function of the arguments. A function can be used anywhere a variable or expression is used.

Example

int.date=iconv(ext.date,'d')
if data='' then kc=1 else kc=dcount(data,am)

See Also

Command Name Type Description
basic.statements Definition Definition of statements and functions.
basic.@.functions Function Special cursor addressing functions.
basic.abs Function Returns absolute value.
basic.alpha Function Determines if string is alphabetic.
basic.char Function Returns ASCII character of numeric expression.
basic.col1 Function Returns beginning position derived from last 'field' function.
basic.col2 Function Returns ending position derived from last field function.
basic.cos Function Returns cosine of numeric expression.
basic.count Function Counts number of occurences of a string within another string.
basic.date Function Returns system date in internal format.
basic.dcount Function Returns count of strings delimited by a given delimiter.
basic.dtx Function Converts decimal to hexadecimal.
basic.ebcdic Function Converts ASCII to EBCDIC.
basic.error() Function Returns TCL command line.
basic.exp Function Returns exponent from numeric expression.
basic.field Function Returns substring from string expression.
basic.iconv Function Input conversion function.
basic.index Function Returns numeric starting position of string within string.
basic.int Function Returns integer portion of numeric expression.
basic.len Function Returns number of characters in a string expression.

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