NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Summary

Built-in Functions
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SYMBOL The SYMBOL built-in function tests the supplied name, to determine if it can be used
as a valid NCL variable name.
SYMBOL( name )
TEXTTOSSID The TEXTTOSSID built-in function translates an external format string to an internal
format SSID.
TEXTTOSSID( string [, option ] )
TIME The TIME built-in function returns the current time, in one of several formats.
TIME( [ option ] )
TRANSLATE The TRANSLATE built-in function translates all or part of a specified string, according
to input and output translation tables.
TRANSLATE( string [, [ tableo ] [, [ tablei ] [, pad ] ] ] )
TRUNC The TRUNC built-in function truncates a number to a specific number of decimal
places.
TRUNC( number [, n ] )
TYPECHK The TYPECHK built-in function performs type checking on one or more strings.
TYPECHK( typelist , string [, string … ] )
UPPER The UPPER built-in function converts a specified string to uppercase characters in the
native (ASCII) character set.
UPPER( string )
VALDEV1 The VALDEV1 built-in function determines whether a supplied string is a valid
Guardian device name.
VALDEV1( device-spec )