All builtin functions:

All builtin functions:

• PI - pi
• `! - is not true
• `!= - check if not equal
• `% - modulo
• `& - intersection
• `* - multiplication
• `+ - add things together
• `- - subtract/negate
• `/ - division
• `< - is lesser than?
• `<< - shift left
• `<= - is lesser or equal than?
• `== - compare values
• `> - is lesser than?
• `>= - is greater than or equal to?
• `>> - shift right
• `^ - exclusive or
• `| - union
• `~ - bitwise complement
• acos - Trigonometrical inverse cosine
• add_efun - add new predefined functions or constants
• aggregate - construct an array
• aggregate_list - construct a list
• aggregate_mapping - construct a mapping
• alarm - set an alarm clock for delivery of a signal
• all_efuns - return all efuns
• allocate - allocate an array
• arrayp - is the argument an array?
• asin - Trigonometrical inverse sine
• atan - Trigonometrical inverse tangent
• backtrace - get a description of the call stack
• call_function - call a function with arguments
• call_out - make a delayed call to a function
• call_out_info - get info about all call outs
• capitalize - capitalize a string
• cd - change directory
• ceil - Truncate a number upward
• clone - clone an object from a program
• code_value - code a value into a string.
• combine_path - concatenate paths
• compile_file - compile a file to a program
• compile_string - compile a string to a program
• copy_value - copy a value recursively
• cos - Trigonometrical cosine
• crypt - crypt a password
• ctime - convert time int to readable date string
• describe_backtrace - make a backtrace readable
• destruct - destruct an object
• equal - check if two values are equal or not
• exec - simple way to use exece()
• exece - execute a program
• exit - exit LPC interpreter
• exp - Natural exponent
• explode - explode a string on a delimeter
• file_size - return the size of a file in bytes
• file_stat - stat a file
• filter_array - filter an array through a function
• find_call_out - find a call out in the queue
• floatp - is the argument an float?
• floor - Truncate a number downward
• fork - fork the process in two
• function_name - return the name of a function, if known
• function_object - return what object a function is in
• functionp - is the argument an function?
• gc - do garbage collection
• get_dir - read a directory
• get_function - fetch a function from an object
• getcwd - return current working directory
• getenv - get an environment variable
• getpid - get the process id of this process
• hash - hash a string
• implode - implode an array of strings
• indices - return an array of all index possible for a value
• intp - is the argument an int?
• kill - send signal to other process
• l_sizeof - Return the size of a list
• listp - is the argument an list?
• log - Natural logarithm
• lower_case - convert a string to lower case
• m_delete - remove an index from a mapping
• m_indices - return all indices from a mapping
• m_sizeof - Return the size of a mapping
• m_values - return all values from a mapping
• map_array - map an array over a function
• mappingp - is the argument an mapping?
• master - return the master object
• member_array - find first occurance of a value in an array
• mkdir - make directory
• mklist - make a list
• mkmapping - make a mapping from two arrays
• mv - move a file (may handle directiories as well)
• next_object - get next object
• object_program - get the program asociated with the object
• objectp - is the argument an object?
• perror - print error
• popen - pipe open
• pow - Raise a number to the power of another.
• previous_object - return the calling object
• programp - is the argument an program?
• query_host_name - return the name of the host we are running on
• query_num_arg - find out how many arguments were given
• random - return a random number
• random_seed - seed random generator
• read_bytes - read a number of bytes into a string from a file
• regexp - filter an array through a regexp
• remove_call_out - remove a call out from the call out queue
• replace - generic replace function
• reverse - reverse a string, array or int
• rm - remove file or directory
• rusage - return resource usage
• search - search for a value in a string or array
• search_array - search for something in an array
• signal - trap signals
• signame - get the name of a signal
• signum - get a signal number given a desctiptive string
• sin - Trigonometrical sine
• sizeof - return the size of an array, string, list or mapping
• sleep - let interpreter doze of for a while
• sort_array - sort an array
• spawn - spawn a process
• sprintf - print the result from sprintf
• sqrt - Square root
• stringp - is the argument an string?
• strlen - Return the length of a string
• strstr - find a string inside a string
• sum - add values together
• sum_arrays - map any number of arrays over a function.
• system - run an external program
• tan - Trigonometrical tangent
• this_function - return a functionpointer to the current function
• this_object - return the object we are evaluating in currently
• throw - throw a value to catch or global error handling
• time - return the current time
• trace - change debug trace level
• upper_case - convert a string to upper case
• values - return an array of all possible values from indexing
• version - return version info
• write - write text to stdout
• write_file - append a string to a file
• zero_type - return the type of zero