Miscellaneous functions perform a variety of operations and return specific information or values. The miscellaneous functions are summarized in the table below. Click the function name to jump to a discussion of that function.
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Used as a placeholder or stub. |
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Suspends one calculation and executes another calculation file. |
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Calls another calculation language file. |
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Temporarily suspends one calculation and executes another calculation file. |
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| CPSTR | Convert a string constant, or any value from a string variable, to a specific codepage number. |
| DECLARE | Create a DAL variable as an integer variable, decimal variable, or string variable and optionally assign it a codepage value. |
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Determines if a DAL symbolic variable exists. |
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| GetLocale | Retrieve the current locale active setting. |
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Returns a string that contains the contents of the DAL symbolic variable specified by the parameter. |
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Loads a file that contains a library of DAL scripts. |
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Retrieves the major version number of the system being executed. |
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Retrieves the minor version number of the system being executed. |
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Prints a string on the console. |
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Retains DAL variables during transaction processing. |
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| SetLocale | Assign a new locale definition. |
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Returns a 45-character globally unique string. |
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