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Some notes on comparisons
When two text strings are compared with “=”, the result is “true” only when the
strings are exactly the same and have the same length. The cases of letters are
taken into account in this comparison.
"Henry"="Henry"
"Henry"="henry"
"Henry"="Henry’s"
is true.
is false.
is false.
If you construct a complex comparison that has several “ands” and “ors”, you
should always enclose the individual conditions in parentheses.
Computational functions
In TextMaker you can use the computational functions described below. The
arguments required by the functions are always given in parentheses:
n
t
d
represents a number
represents a text string
represents a date
So, for example, INT(n) is a function requiring a numeric argument. It can be a
numeric constant or the numeric result of a calculation – for example, INT(3.14) or
INT(1+SQRT(2)).
Important: When several arguments are required, they must be separated from
one another by semicolons (;).
Function
ABS(n)
ASC(t)
AT(t1;t2)
Explanation
Returns the absolute value of the numeric argument n, i.e.
removes its sign – ABS(3) gives 3; ABS(-3) gives 3.
Returns the numeric code of the character t in the character table
– ASC("A") gives 65.
Returns the position of the first occurrence of text string t2 in
text string t1 as a numeric value –AT("London";"on") gives 2.
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