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INTRINSIC FUNCTIONS

Calendar Functions

(Note that all arguments in the date functions must be elementaryitems.)

CURRENT-DATE

Returns 21 characters of day and timeinformation

WHEN-COMPILED

Returns 21 characters of compile dateand time information

INTEGER-OF-DATE Converts a yyyymmdd calendar date toan integer

INTEGER-OF-DAY

Converts a Julian yyyyddd date to aninteger

DATE-OF-INTEGER

Converts an integer date to yyyymmddcalendar format

DAY-OF-INTEGER

Converts an integer date to Julianyyyyddd date format

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C. Statistical and Numerical Analysis Functions

INTEGER Returns the largest integer that does notexceed the argument value

INTEGER-PART

Returns the integer portion of theargument

MAX Returns the largest value in a list ofarguments

MIN Returns the smallest value in a list ofarguments

MEAN Returns the average of all values in a listof arguments

NUMVAL Returns the pure numeric value in asimple edited report item

NUMVAL-C Returns the pure numeric value in anedited report item that can be morecomplex

MIDRANGE Returns the average between the lowestand highest values in a list of arguments

MEDIAN Returns the middle value from a list ofarguments

FACTORIAL Returns the factorial of a number

REM Returns the remainder obtained when

argument-1 is divided by argument-2

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MOD Returns the greatest integer value of theremainder obtained when argument-1 isdivided by argument-2

ORD-MAX Returns the position of the maximumvalue in a list

ORD-MIN Returns the position of the minimumvalue in a list

RANGE Returns the difference between the

largest value and the smallest value in alist.

SUM Returns the sum of values in a list

SQRT Returns the square root of an argument

LOG Returns the natural logarithm of anumber

LOG10 Returns the logarithm to base 10 of anumber

STANDARD-

DEVIATION

Returns the standard deviation

VARIANCE Returns the variance

RANDOM Returns a random number

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D. Trigonometric Functions

SIN Returns the sine of an argument

COS Returns the cosine of an argument

TAN Returns the tangent of an argument

ASIN Returns the arc sine of an argument

ACOS Returns the arc cosine of an argument

ATAN Returns the arc tangent of an argument

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E. Financial Functions

ANNUITY Returns the value of an investment overtime

PRESENT-VALUE

Returns the amount to be invested todayto obtain some desired future value

F. Character and String Functions

LOWER-CASE

Returns in lowercase alphabetic modethe value of an argument

UPPER-CASE

Returns in uppercase alphabetic modethe value of an argument

LENGTH Returns the length or number ofpositions in an argument

ORD Returns the ASCII code for a character

CHAR Returns the character equivalent of anASCII code

REVERSE Returns the value of an argument inreverse order