NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Summary

Built-in Functions
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NOYES The NOYES built-in function returns a NO or YES value depending on whether a
specified expression is true (1) or false (0).
NOYES(
expression
)
NULL0 The NULL0 built-in function tests a specified string and returns a value of 0 (zero) if
the string is null.
NULL0(
string
)
OVERLAY The OVERLAY built-in function overlays one string with another, beginning at the
character position specified.
OVERLAY(
new
,
target
[,[
start
] [, [
len
] [, [
pad
]
[, [
opt
] [,
pad2
] ] ] ] ] )
POS The POS built-in function returns the first location of a substring within a string,
beginning its search either at the first character of the string or at an optional specified
starting character position.
POS(
needle
,
haystack
[,
start
] )
QUOTE The QUOTE built-in function adds leading and trailing user-specified quote characters
to a string.
QUOTE(
string
[,
quotechar
] )
RANDOM The RANDOM built-in function returns a pseudorandom number.
RANDOM( [
min
] [, [
max
] [,
seed
] ] )
REMSTR The REMSTR built-in function splits a string at a specific character and returns the
data after that character.
REMSTR(
char
,
string
)
REVERSE The REVERSE built-in function reverses the order of the characters in a string.
REVERSE(
string
)