NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Summary

Built-in Functions
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C2X
The C2X built-in function converts a string to its hexadecimal equivalent.
C2X(
string
)
CENTER The CENTER built-in function centers text within a string.
CENTER(
string
,
length
[,
pad
] )
COMPARE The COMPARE built-in function compares two strings and returns the numerical
position of the first differing character.
COMPARE(
string1
,
string2
[,
pad
] )
COPIES The COPIES built-in function returns a string made up of repetitions of another string.
COPIES(
string
,
n
)
D2C The D2C built-in function converts a decimal number to an ASCII character string.
D2C(
wholenumber
[,
n
] )
D2X The D2X built-in function converts a decimal number to a hexadecimal string.
D2X(
wholenumber
[,
n
] )
DATATYPE The DATATYPE built-in function tests a string for a specified data type.
DATATYPE(
string
[,
type
] )
DATE The DATE built-in function provides the current date in one of the specified formats.
DATE( [
format
] )
DATECONV The DATECONV built-in function changes one NCL date format to a different NCL
date format.
DATECONV(
informat
,
indate
,
outformat
[,
variation
] )