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Operators

.eqic., .neic., .ltic., .leic., .geic., and .gtic. are binary comparison operators which ignore differences of case.

.lexeq., .lexne., .lexlt., .lexle., .lexge., .lexgt. are binary comparison operators, which compare punctuation lowest, digits next and letters highest, ignoring case.

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Library

isascii() is returns true if the integer or character is a seven bit ascii character.

isupper() returns true if its character argument is an upper case letter.

islower() returns true if its character argument is a lower case letter.

isprint() returns true if its character argument is a printable character (includes blank).

isgraph() returns true if its character argument is a printable graphic character (does not include blank).

isalpha() returns true if its character argument is a letter.

isalnum() returns true if its character argument is a letter or digit.

isdigit() returns true if its character argument is a digit.

isxdigit() returns true if its character argument is a hexadecimal digit (0-9, a-f).

ispunct() returns true if its character argument is a punctuation character.

iswhtspc() returns true if its character argument is a white space character.

iscntl() returns true if its character argument is a control character.

toupper() returns its argument changed to upper case if it was a lower case letter.

tolower() returns its argument changed to lower case if it was an upper case letter.

isevenp() returns true if its character argument has the parity bit (the eighth bit) set is make even parity.

isoddp() returns true if its character argument has the parity bit (the eighth bit) set is make odd parity.

ismarkp() returns true if its character argument has the parity bit (the eighth bit) set to make mark parity.

isclrp() returns true if its character argument has the parity bit (the eighth bit) set is make clear parity.

toevenp() returns its character argument with the parity bit (the eighth bit) set is make even parity.

tooddp() returns its character argument with the parity bit (the eighth bit) set is make odd parity.

tomarkp() returns its character argument with the parity bit (the eighth bit) set is make mark parity.

toclrp() returns its character argument with the parity bit (the eighth bit) set is make clear parity.

rbn() returns its character argument with trailing blanks replaced by nulls.

rnb() returns its character argument with trailing nulls replaced by blanks.

bcomp() converts its input character argument to a blank compressed character variable, ignoring quoted strings.

bclc() converts its input character argument to a blank compressed character variable with upper case letters converted to lower case, ignoring quoted strings.

bcuc() converts its input character argument to a blank compressed character variable with lower case letters converted to upper case, ignoring quoted strings.

tr() maps its input character argument to its output character argument via a user supplied translation table.

compare_string() returns the index of the first difference between its arguments.

replace_substring() replaces all occurrances within the string of the substring by the replacement string.

string_cat() returns the first string with the second string concatenated after all nonblank characters.

matching_pair() finds the close parenthesis, bracket or brace matching the opening parenthesis, bracket or brace.

unquote_string() returns the string with single quotes or double quotes removed (a pair of quotes within the string is treated as one quote), an escape character may be optionally specified.