Table of Contents
List of functions
Number functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| Abs | Returns the absolute value of a number which is the distance of a number on the number line, from 0, without considering which direction the number lies |
| ACos | Returns the arccosine - the angle, in radians, of the specified cosine. |
| ArcTan | Returns the angle, in radians, whose tangent is the quotient of the arguments. |
| ASin | Returns the arcsine - the angle, in radians, of the specified sine. |
| ATan | Returns the arctangent - the angle, in radians, of the specified tangent. |
| Ceiling | Rounds the specified number up to the nearest integer - or full, non-fractional number - towards positive infinity. |
| Cos | Returns the cosine of the angle specified in radians. |
| Div | Returns the quotient of the two number arguments. |
| Exp | Raises the mathematical constant e to the power of the specified argument. |
| Floor | Rounds the specified number down to the nearest integer - or full, non-fractional number - towards negative infinity. |
| IsEven | Tests if the specified number is even and returns Boolean TRUE if so, or FALSE if not. |
| IsOdd | Tests if the specified number is odd and returns Boolean TRUE if so, or FALSE if not. |
| Log | Returns the natural logarithm of the specified number. |
| Max | Returns the largest of the two arguments. |
| Min | Returns the smallest of the two arguments. |
| MRound | Rounds the specified number to the specified multiple. |
| Pi | Returns the value of Pi (π): 3.1415926535897932384626433833… |
| Pow | Raises a number to the power of the specified power. |
| RandBetween | Generates a random integer between two numbers. |
| Random | Generates a random number between 0 and 1. |
| Rem | Returns the remainder of the quotient of the two specified numbers. |
| Round | Rounds a number to the specified number of decimal digits. |
| RoundXL | Rounds a number to the specified number of decimal digits using the Excel rounding logic. |
| Sign | Determines whether the specified number is positive, negative, or zero. If positive the value 1 is returned. If negative, the value -1 is returned. If 0, then 0 is returned. |
| Sin | Returns the sine of the angle specified in radians. |
| Sqrt | Returns the square root of the specified number. |
| Square | Returns the square of the specified number. |
| Tan | Returns the tangent of the angle specified in radians. |
| Truncate | Returns the integer part of the specified number. |
Text functions
Note that all text functions that return a text value automatically convert their arguments into text.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| Char | Returns the ASCII character associated with the specified character code. |
| Code | Returns the UTF-8 code (from 0 to 2047) of the first character of the specified text. |
| CommonSubstring | Returns the longest common text substring of two text values. |
| Compact | Removes repeating whitespace from the specified text, reducing it to a single space. |
| Contains | Determines whether text contains the specified search string. |
| CountWords | Counts words in the specified text. |
| Distance | This function returns the edit distance between the two specified text strings calculated as the Damerau-Levenshtein distance. |
| EndsWith | A search function used to check if a string ends with a specific text value . |
| Find | Finds the exact position of a specified string within the specified text and returns the position of the first character. |
| IsRegExMatch | Determines if the specified text matches a regular expression ("RegEx") pattern. |
| IsURL | Determines if a text string is a valid URL. |
| KeepAfter | Returns the characters after the first occurrence of a string in the specified text. |
| KeepBefore | Returns the characters before the first occurrence of a string in the specified text. |
| KeepBetween | Returns the characters between the first occurrence of a string and the first occurrence of a second string in the specified text. |
| KeepChars | Keeps only the characters given in a string list and removes the others from the specified text. |
| Left | Returns the specified number of characters from the left of the specified text as a text value. |
| Len | Returns the number of characters (length) in the specified text value. |
| LineBreak | Returns the line break character (in Windows). |
| Lower | Returns the specified text converted to lowercase letters. |
| Mid | Returns a substring of text from the specified text, a given number of characters long, and starting with the character at a given staring position. |
| Mirror | Returns a string with the reverse order of characters as the specified text. |
| PadStart | Pads the beginning of a text string with a specified string up to a total length. |
| PadEnd | Pads the end of a text string with a specified string up to a total length defined. |
| ParseFloat | Parses a number in scientific notation (specified as a text value) into a decimal number. |
| Proper | Converts the specified text to the proper case (or "title case"). |
| Quote | Returns a single quote character ('). |
| RegExMatch | Returns the first substring that matches the specified regular expression pattern. |
| RegExReplace | Replaces the first substring within the given text that matches the specified regular expression pattern (regex_text) with the given replacement string. |
| Remove | Removes a substring from the specified text, a given number of characters long, and starting with the character at a given staring position. |
| RemoveChars | Removes individual characters from the specified text. |
| RemoveEnd | Returns text excluding the last specified number of characters, including spaces and non-printing characters. |
| RemoveStart | Returns text excluding the first specified number of characters, including spaces. |
| RemoveText | Removes all instances of the specified string from text. |
| Replace | Replaces all instances of a specified string with a second specified string within text. |
| ReplaceBetween | Replaces text between two specified strings. |
| Right | Returns the specified number of characters from the right of a string as a text value. |
| Sanitize | Replaces tabs and line breaks with spaces and removes hidden system characters with ASCII codes 0 to 31 in the specified text. |
| SetContainsAll | Returns TRUE if a list contains all of the distinct values from a second list. |
| SetContainsAny | Returns TRUE if a list contains at least one value from a second list. |
| SetDifference | Removes values in one list, from another, with deduplication. |
| SetIntersection | Returns a deduplicated list of values that exist in two lists. |
| SetLength | Returns the number of distinct values in a list. |
| SetSort | Returns the distinct values of a list, sorted in ascending order |
| SetUnion | Returns a deduplicated list from two source lists. |
| StartsWith | A search function used to check if a string starts with a specific text value. |
| Strip | Removes the first and the last characters from the specified text value. |
| SubstringCount | Returns the number of instances of a string found within the specified text. |
| Trim | Trims off all leading and trailing spaces, and other non-printing characters, from the specified text. |
| TrimEnd | Trims off all trailing spaces and other non-printing characters from the specified text. |
| TrimStart | Trims off all leading spaces and other non-printing characters from the specified text. |
| Upper | Returns the specified text converted to uppercase letters. |
Logical functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| False | Creates a Boolean value equal to FALSE. |
| If | Evaluates a condition and returns a specified value if the condition is TRUE, or a second specified value if not. |
| IfEmpty | Returns the result of a second expression if the result of the first expression is empty. Otherwise, it returns the result of the first expression. |
| IfError | Returns the result of a second expression if the result of the first expression is an error. Otherwise, it returns the result of the first expression. |
| In | Returns Boolean TRUE if the specified text is found within any of the values listed in a given string list. |
| IsBoolean | Returns TRUE if the result of a given expression is a Boolean (either TRUE or FALSE). |
| IsEmpty | Returns TRUE if the result of a given expression is an empty value. |
| IsError | Returns TRUE if the result of a given expression is an error. |
| IsInteger | Returns TRUE if the result of a given expression is an integer number. |
| IsNumber | Returns TRUE if the result of a given expression is a number. |
| IsNumeric | Returns TRUE if the result of a given expression is a number or text that looks like a number. |
| IsText | Returns TRUE if the result of a given expression is text. |
| True | Creates a Boolean value equal to TRUE. |
| When | Returns the result of a given expression if a specified condition is TRUE. Otherwise, it returns empty value. |
Date/time functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| AddHours | Adds the specified number of hours to the given date. |
| AddMonths | Adds the specified number of months to the given date. |
| AddYears | Adds specified number of years to the given date. |
| Age | Returns the number of full years between the two given dates. |
| AgeMonths | Returns the number of full months between the two given dates. |
| Date | Converts the given date-time, as text, into a date-time value represented as a number (date-time serial value) according to the specified format string. |
| Day | Returns the number of the corresponding day of the month, from 1 through 31, from the given date. |
| DetectFormat | Detects the date/time format of the text date (or timestamp). |
| Format | Converts the given data-time, as a date serial value, into a date-time text value formatted according to the specified format. |
| FromUnixTime | Converts the specified Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since Jan 1st, 1970) to the numeric date-time serial value used in EasyMorph (and Excel). |
| ISOWeekNumber | Returns the ISO week number which ranges from 1 to 53 from the specified date. |
| IsTextDate | Determines if the entered term is a recognizable text date. |
| IsWeekend | Returns TRUE if the given date falls on a weekend day (Saturday or Sunday). |
| LocalTime | Converts a given UTC date-time into a local date-time. |
| MakeDate | Returns a date serial number based on the specified year, month, and day numeric values. |
| Month | Returns the corresponding month number, 1 through 12, from the given date. |
| MonthEnd | Returns the date serial number of the last day of the month the specified date falls in. |
| MonthName | Returns the abbreviated (3-letter) name of the month corresponding to the given month number, from 1 to 12. |
| MonthNameLocal | Returns the abbreviated (3-letter) name of the month corresponding to the given month number, from 1 to 12, according to the current regional locale. |
| MonthStart | Returns the date serial number of the first day of the month the specified date falls in. |
| Now | Returns the current date-time as a date serial number. |
| Today | Returns today's date as a date serial number. |
| ToUnixTime | Converts the specified EasyMorph (and Excel) date-time serial value to a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since Jan 1st, 1970). |
| UTCTime | Converts the given local date-time value into a UTC date-time value. |
| Weekday | Returns the corresponding day-of-the-week number, from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday), from the given date. |
| WeekdayName | Returns the abbreviated name of the day the given date falls on. |
| WeekEnd | Returns the date serial number of the last day (Saturday) of the week the specified date falls in. |
| WeekStart | Returns the date serial number of the first day (Sunday) of the week the specified date falls in. |
| Workdays | Returns the number of workdays (i.e. all days except Saturday and Sunday) between two specified dates. |
| Year | Returns the year, as a four-digit number, from the given date. |
| YearDay | Returns the number of days since Jan 1st of the date's year. |
| YearQuarter | Returns the year and quarter of a specified date. |
| YearWeek | Returns the year and ISO week of a specified date. |
Financial functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| FV | Calculates the future value of a loan or an investment, based on a constant interest rate. |
| IPmt | Calculates the payment on the interest for an investment over a given period. |
| NPer | Calculates the number of periods for an investment based on periodic payments and interest rate. |
| Pmt | Calculates the periodic payment of an annuity. |
| PPmt | Calculates the payment on the principal for an investment over a given period. |
| PV | Calculates the present value of a loan or an investment, based on a constant interest rate. |
| Rate | Calculates the interest rate per period of an annuity. |
File functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CombinePath | Combines two given paths into one, intelligently dealing with backslashes and relative paths. |
| Directory | Extracts the directory path from a specified full file path, excluding the file name. |
| Filename | Extracts the filename (without extension) from a given full file path. |
| FileExtension | Extracts the file extension (with dot) from a given full file path. |
| IsPathRooted | Detects if the specified path to a file or folder contains a root. |
Web functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CombineURL | Combines a specified URL and URL path into one URL. |
| Decode | Decodes a given text string using one of several decoding methods. |
| Encode | Encodes a given text string using one of several encoding methods. |
| HexDecode | Converts the provided hex string into a text value using one of several decoding methods. |
| HexEncode | Converts the provided text value into a hex string using one of several encoding methods. |
| HashHex | Calculates the hexadecimal hash of the given text value using one of several algorithms. |
| HMACHex | Calculates a keyed hexadecimal hash of the given text value using one several algorithms. |
| IsEmail | Determines if the given email address string is a properly formatted email address, returning TRUE if so, or FALSE if not. |
| IsJSON | Returns TRUE if the specified argument can be parsed as a JSON object or JSON array. |
| IsXML | Returns TRUE if the given text is an XML object. |
| JSONValue | Extracts a single value or a JSON object/array from the specified node. |
| URIDecode | Decodes a given URL string such as an entire URL or just query-string values. |
| URIEncode | Encodes a given URL string such as an entire URL or just query-string values. |
| XMLValue | Extracts a single value or an XML node from a specified node. |
Special functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| AsNumber | Converts the given expression to a number. |
| AsText | Converts the given value to text. |
| Coalesce | Returns the first value in the given argument list that is not an empty value. |
| ColumnExists | Tests whether a specified column name exists in the input dataset. |
| Empty | Creates an empty value. |
| Eval | Evaluates the given text expression as an EasyMorph expression. |
| Error | Creates an error value with the specified error text. |
| GUID | Creates a GUID, similar to the "Generate GUIDs" action. |
| Hash | Calculates a 128-bit hash in Base64 encoding from the specified value. |
| Match | Returns the position index of a given value in a list of specified values, separated by delimiter. |
| Metadata | Returns project metadata - specific details about the project. |
| Pick | Returns the value in the specified index position within a given text list, a list of text values separated by delimiter. |
| System | Returns the system value specified by the given keyword argument. |
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