View source for RPG Built In Functions

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'''RPG IV Concepts''' As of V5R2 [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm IC2924] at the IBM iSeries Information Center

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! Note !! Function !! Description !! Type
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBABS %ABS] || Absolute Value of Expression || Evaluate
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBADDR %ADDR] || Get Address of Variable || Pointer
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBALLOC %ALLOC] || Allocate Storage || Memory
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBAND %BITAND] || Bitwise AND Operation  || Binary
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBNOT %BITNOT] || Invert Bits || Binary
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBOR %BITOR] || Bitwise OR Operation || Binary
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBXOR %BITXOR] || Bitwise Exclusive-OR Operation || Binary
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#Header_720 %BITxxx examples] || Bit Operations || Binary
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBCHAR %CHAR] || Convert to Character Data || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBCHK %CHECK] ||  Check Characters || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBCHKR %CHECKR] ||  Check Reverse || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBDATE %DATE] ||  Convert to Date || Date
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBDAY %DAYS] ||  Number of Days || Date
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBDEC %DEC] ||  Convert to Packed Decimal Format || Format
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBDECH %DECH] ||  Convert to Packed Decimal Format with Half Adjust || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBDECP %DECPOS] ||  Get Number of Decimal Positions || Numeric
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBDIF %DIFF] ||  Difference Between Two Date, Time, or Timestamp Values || Date
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBDIV %DIV] ||  Return Integer Portion of Quotient || Evaluate
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBEDITC %EDITC] ||  Edit Value Using an Editcode || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBEDITF %EDITFLT] ||  Convert to Float External Representation || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBEDITW %EDITW] ||  Edit Value Using an Editword || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBELEM %ELEM] ||  Get Number of Elements || Tally
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBEOF %EOF] ||  Return End or Beginning of File Condition || Pointer
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBEQUAL %EQUAL] ||  Return Exact Match Condition || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBERROR %ERROR] ||  Return Error Condition || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBFIELDS %FIELDS] ||  Fields to update || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBFLOAT %FLOAT] ||  Convert to Floating Format || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBFOUND %FOUND] ||  Return Found Condition || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBGRAPH %GRAPH] || Convert to Graphic Value || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBHOU %HOURS] || Number of Hours || Time
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBINT %INT] || Convert to Integer Format || Format
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBINTH %INTH] || Convert to Integer Format with Half Adjust || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBKDS %KDS] || Search Arguments in Data Structure || Search
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBLEN %LEN] || Get or Set Length || Evaluate
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRLNRIGHT %LEN] || Used for its Value || Evaluate
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRLENLEFT %LEN] || Used to Set the Length of Variable-Length Fields || Evaluate
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBLOO %LOOKUPxx] || Look Up an Array Element || Search
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBMIN %MINUTES] || Number of Minutes || Time
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBMON %MONTHS] || Number of Months || Date
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBMSEC %MSECONDS] || Number of Microseconds || Time
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBNULL %NULLIND] || Query or Set Null Indicator || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBOCCUR %OCCUR] || Set/Get Occurrence of a Data Structure || Pointer
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBOPEN %OPEN] || Return File Open Condition || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBPADDR %PADDR] || Get Procedure Address || Pointer
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#Header_758 %PADDR] || Used with a Prototype || Pointer
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBPARM %PARMS] || Return Number of Parameters || Numeric
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBREALL %REALLOC] || Reallocate Storage || Memory
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBREM %REM] || Return Integer Remainder || Evaluate
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBREPL %REPLACE] || Replace Character String || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSCAN %SCAN] || Scan for Characters || Search
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSEC %SECONDS] || Number of Seconds || Time
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSHUT %SHTDN] || Shut Down || "*LR"
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSIZE %SIZE] || Get Size in Bytes || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSQRT %SQRT] || Square Root of Expression || Evaluate
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSTAT %STATUS] || Return File or Program Status || Flag
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSTR %STR] || Get or Store Null-Terminated String || String
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSTRR %STR] || Used to Get Null-Terminated String || String
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSTRL %STR] || Used to Store Null-Terminated String || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSUBD %SUBDT] || Extract a Portion of a Date, Time, or Timestamp || Date
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSUBS9 %SUBST] || Get Substring || String
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSUBSV %SUBST] || Used for its Value || String
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBSUBSA %SUBST] || Used as the Result of an Assignment || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBTHIS %THIS] || Return Class Instance for Native Method || Memory
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBTIME %TIME] || Convert to Time || Time
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBTMST %TIMESTAMP] || Convert to Timestamp || Date
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBTLOO %TLOOKUPxx] || Look Up a Table Element || Search
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBTRIM %TRIM] || Trim Blanks at Edges || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBTRIML %TRIML] || Trim Leading Blanks || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBTRIMR %TRIMR] || Trim Trailing Blanks || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBUCS2 %UCS2] || Convert to UCS-2 Value || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBUNS %UNS] || Convert to Unsigned Format || Format
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| &nbsp;&bull; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBUNSH %UNSH] || Convert to Unsigned Format with Half Adjust || Format
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBXFOOT %XFOOT] || Sum Array Expression Elements || Evaluate
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBXLAT %XLATE] || Translate || String
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| &nbsp; || [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508429.htm#HDRBBYEAR %YEARS] || Number of Years || Date
|}