Variable Functions Listed by Name

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@ABS

Absolute value of number

@AFSCELL

OpenAFS cell name

@AFSMOUNT

OpenAFS mount point

@AFSPATH

Path in OpenAFS: 1, otherwise 0

@AFSSYMLINK

OpenAFS symbolic link

@AFSVOLID

OpenAFS volume ID

@AFSVOLNAME

OpenAFS volume name

@AGEDATE

Converts an age into date and time

@ALIAS

Value of an alias

@ALTNAME

Short name for the file.

@ASCII

Set of ASCII-s for characters in string

@ASSOC

File association

@ATTRIB

Test or return file attributes

@AVERAGE

Average of a list of numbers

 

@CAPI

Call a _cdecl function in a DLL

@CAPS

Capitalize first character of each word

@CDROM

CD-ROM drive: 1, otherwise 0

@CEILING

Smallest integer not less than a number

@CHAR

Character string, given a set of ASCII-s

@CLIP

Specified line from clipboard

@CLIPW

Write string to the clipboard

@COLOR

RGB value of a color

@COMMA

Insert commas into a number (thousands separators)

@COMPARE

Two files are identical: 1, otherwise 0

@CONSOLE

Identify console sessions

@CONVERT

Convert value from input base to output base

@COUNT

Number of times a character appears in a string

@CRC32

File CRC

@CWD

Current Working Directory of specified drive

@CWDS

Current Working Directory of specified drive, with trailing backslash

 

@DATE

Convert date to number of days

@DAY

Day of month for date

@DEBUG

Write a string to the debugger

@DEC

Decrement a numeric value by 1

@DECIMAL

Decimal portion of a number

@DESCRIPT

File description

@DEVICE

Character device: 1, otherwise 0

@DIGITS

String is all digits: 1, otherwise 0

@DIRSTACK

Directory stack entry

@DISKFREE

Free disk space

@DISKTOTAL

Total disk space

@DISKUSED

Used disk space

@DOMAIN

Domain name of a computer

@DOW

Short name of day of week for date

@DOWF

Full name of day of week for date

@DOWI

Day of week number for date

@DOY

Day of year for date

@DRIVETYPE

Type of a drive

@DRIVETYPEEX

Type of a drive

 

@ENUMSERVERS

Identify server names on a network

@ENUMSHARES

Identify sharenames on a server

@ERRTEXT

Windows error description

@EVAL

Arithmetic calculations

@EXEC

Execute a command and return its exit code

@EXECSTR

Execute a command and return the first output line

@EXETYPE

Application type

@EXPAND

All names that match filename

@EXT

File extension

 

@FIELD

Extract a field from a string

@FIELDS

Count fields in a string

@FILEAGE

File age (date and time)

@FILECLOSE

Close a file handle

@FILEDATE

File date

@FILENAME

File name and extension

@FILEOPEN

Open a file handle

@FILEREAD

Read next line from a file

@FILEREADB

Read bytes from a file

@FILES

Number of files matching a wildcard

@FILESEEK

Move a file handle pointer to specified file position

@FILESEEKL

Move a file handle pointer to a specified line

@FILESIZE

Total size of files matching a wildcard

@FILETIME

File time

@FILEWRITE

Write next line to a file

@FILEWRITEB

Write data to a file

@FINDCLOSE

Closes the search handle.

@FINDFIRST

Find first matching file

@FINDNEXT

Find next matching file

@FLOOR

Largest integer not larger than a number

@FORMAT

Formats data string according to format string

@FORMATN

Format a numeric value

@FORMATNC

Format a numeric value and insert the thousands separator(s)

@FSTYPE

File system type (FAT, NTFS, CDFS, etc.)

@FTYPE

Open command string for file type

@FULL

Full file name with path

@FUNCTION

Definition of a function

 

@GETDIR

Prompt for a directory name.

@GETFILE

Prompt for a path and file name.

@GETFOLDER

Folder name from tree view.

@GROUP

User is member of group: 1, otherwise 0

 

@HISTORY

A line or word from the command history

 

@IDOW

Short local name of day of week for date

@IDOWF

Full local name of day of week for date

@IF

Evaluates a conditional expression

@INC

Increment a numeric value by 1

@INDEX

Offset of string2 within string1

@INIREAD

Return an entry from an .INI file

@INIWRITE

Write an entry in an .INI file

@INSERT

Inserts string1 into string2

@INODE

File Inode (in hex)

@INSTR

Extract a substring

@INT

Integer part of a number

@IPADDRESS

Returns the numeric IP for a host name

@IPNAME

Returns the host name for a numeric IP address

@ISALNUM

Test for alphanumeric characters

@ISALPHA

Test for alphabetic characters

@ISASCII

Test for ASCII characters

@ISCNTRL

Test for control characters

@ISDIGIT

Test for decimal digits

@ISPRINT

Test for printable characters

@ISPROC

Returns 1 if the process is active; otherwise 0

@ISPUNCT

Test for punctuation characters

@ISSPACE

Test for white space characters

@ISXDIGIT

Test for hexadecimal digits

 

@JUNCTION

Directory referenced by the junction

 

@LABEL

Volume label

@LCS

Longest common sequence in two strings

@LEFT

Left end of string

@LEN

Length of a string

@LFN

Long name for a short filename

@LINE

Specified line from a file

@LINES

Count of lines in a file

@LINKS

Number of NTFS hard links for the file

@LOWER

Convert string to lower case

@LTRIM

Left trim specified characters.

 

@MAKEAGE

Convert date and time to age

@MAKEDATE

Convert number of days to date

@MAKETIME

Convert number of seconds to time

@MAX

Largest integer in the list

@MD5

MD5 hash of a string or file

@MIN

Smallest integer in the list

@MONTH

Month for date

 

@NAME

File name without path or extension

@NUMERIC

Test if a string is numeric

 

@OPTION

Current configuration option value

@OWNER

Return file owner

 

@PATH

File path without name

@PERL

Evaluate a Perl expression

@PING

Response time from a host

 

@QUOTE

Double quote the argument if necessary

 

@RANDOM

Generate a random integer

@READSCR

Read characters from the screen

@READY

Drive ready: 1, otherwise 0

@REGCREATE

Create registry subkey

@REGDELKEY

Delete a registry key and its subkeys

@REGEX

Match a regular expression

@REGEXINDEX

Return the offset of a regular expression match

@REGEXIST

Test if a registry key exists

@REGEXSUB

Return nth matching regular expression group

@REGQUERY

Read value from registry

@REGSET

Write value to registry

@REGSETENV

Write value to registry and broadcast change.

@REGTYPE

Return type of registry variable

@REMOTE

Remote (network) drive: 1, otherwise 0

@REMOVABLE

Removable drive: 1, otherwise 0

@REPEAT

Repeat a character

@REPLACE

Replace string1 with string2 in text

@REVERSE

Reverse a string

@REXX

Value of executing an expression by REXX

@RIGHT

Right end of string.

@RTRIM

Removes specified trailing characters.

@RUBY

Evaluate a Ruby expression

 

@SCRIPT

Evaluate expression in an active scripting engine.

@SEARCH

Path search

@SELECT

Menu selection

@SERIAL

Serial number of a disk

@SFN

Short name for a long filename

@SHA1

SHA1 checksum for the file

@SHA256

SHA2-256 checksum for the file

@SHA384

SHA2-384 checksum for the file

@SHA512

SHA2-512 checksum for the file

@SHFOLDER

Get Windows folder locations

@SIMILAR

Compare two strings for similarity

@SNAPSHOT

Save a window or desktop as a BMP

@STRIP

Strips all characters in char from string

@SUBST

Substitute a string within another string

@SUBSTR

Extract a substring

@SUMMARY

Query or set the NTFS SummaryInformation stream

@SYMLINK

Target of a symbolic link

 

@TIME

Convert a time of day to number of seconds

@TIMER

Get split time from timer.

@TRIM

Remove blanks from a string

@TRUENAME

Find true name of a file

@TRUNCATE

Truncate file at current position

 

@UNC

UNC name of a file

@UNICODE

Numeric UNICODE value for a character

@UNIQUE

Create file with unique name

@UNQUOTE

Remove double quotes from a filename

@UNQUOTES

Remove leading and trailing double quotes

@UPPER

Convert string to upper case

 

@VERINFO

Executable file version information

 

@WATTRIB

Test or return file attributes

@WILD

Compares strings using wildcards

@WINAPI

Call a Windows API function

@WINCLASS

Title of first window with classname

@WINEXENAME

Executable name for window

@WININFO

Current system information

@WINMEMORY

Windows memory information

@WINMETRICS

Windows system metrics

@WINPOS

Window position

@WINSTATE

Current state of window

@WINSYSTEM

Set/get windows system parameters

@WMI

Query WMI

@WORD

Extract a word from a string

@WORDS

Count words in a string

@WORKGROUP

Workgroup name of a computer

 

@XMLCLOSE

Close an XML file previously opened by @XMLOPEN

@XMLNODES

Return the number of nodes (children) for the specified path in an XML file

@XMLOPEN

Open an XML file for use by @XMLXPATH and/or @XMLNODES

@XMLXPATH

Return text of XML element

 

@YEAR

Year for date

Topic "functionnames.htm" last edited 5/15/2008. ©2008  JP Software, Inc.
Keywords: Variable Functions,Functions,Variable