SIMSCRIPT II.5 Programming Language

Appendix B. Functions and Routines
Function
Function
Mnenonic Arguments Mode Description
line.f e Integer Yields the line number currently being executed.
e = process notice pointer
log.e.f e Real Computes the natural logarithm of a real expression;
e > 0.
log.normal.f e 1
,e 2
,e 3
Real Returns a random sample from a log normal distribution.
e 1
= mean, real
e 2
= standard deviation
e 3
= random number stream, integer
log.10.f e Real Computes log of a real expression.
lor.f e 1
,e 2
Integer Logical sum of e 1
and e 2
.
lower.f s Text Converts letters in a text string to lower case.
match.f s ,s ,e 1 2
Integer Returns the location of a text substring with a
text string or 0 if not found.
s = source, text
1
s 2
= pattern to be matched, text
e = number of characters of source to be
skipped, integer
max.f e 1
,e 2
,...,e n
Real if any e; Returns the value of the largest e i
. real; if none, integer
299