Functions - Quick Reference - NUANCE OMNIFORM 3 User Manual

Functions — Quick Reference
Function Type
Abs mathematical Absolute Value: returns the value of num
Avg statistical
Date date
DayName date
DayOfMonth date
DayOfWeek date
DayOfYear date
Exp mathematical Exponentiation: returns the value of the
financial
FV
Hour time
If logical
mathematical Integer: returns the integer portion or whole
Int
Left text
Length text
See "Usage Conventions" on page 8-9 for information on how to
interpret the examples in the following table. Or, refer to online help for
an example of each function. The following table lists a brief description
and usage of each function.
Description
Average: returns the average for num1, num2,
and so forth
Date: returns the current date as MM/DD/YY
based on the current system date
DayName: returns the name of the day of the
week for a given date
DayOfMonth: returns the number for the day of
the month for a given date
DayOfWeek: returns the number for the day of
the week for a given date. Sunday returns 1,
Monday returns 2, and so forth
DayOfYear: returns the number for the day of
the year for a given date
constant e , the base of natural logarithms
(approximately 2.71828) to the power of
num; inverse of ln function.
Future Value: returns the future value of an
investment given a payment num, interest rate
num, and num of periods
Hour: returns the hour for a given time
If: if the log exp is true, the true exp is executed;
otherwise, the false exp is executed
number of num
Left: returns the characters for str beginning
from the left and proceeding to the right for
num characters
Length: returns the number of characters in str
Functions
Usage Example
Abs(num)
Avg(num1, num2, ...)
Date()
DayName(date)
DayOfMonth(date)
DayOfWeek(date)
DayOfYear(date)
Exp(num)
FV(payment num, rate num, num
of periods)
Hour(time)
If(log exp, true exp, false exp)
Int(num)
Left(str, num)
Length(str)
Using Calculations #