Definitions of Functions
The table below summarizes the intrinsic functions that are available.
The "arguments" column defines argument type and the "type" column defines the type of the function, as follows:
| Alph | means alphabetic |
| Anum | means alphanumeric |
| Int | means integer |
| Nat | means national |
| Num | means numeric |
| Function-Name | Arguments | Type | Value Returned |
|---|---|---|---|
| The ABS Function | Int1 or Num1 | Depends upon arguments | The absolute value of argument |
| The ACOS Function | Num1 | Num | Arccosine of Num1 |
| The ANNUITY Function | Num1, Int2 | Num | Ratio of annuity paid for Int2 periods at interest of Num1 to initial investment of one |
| The ASIN Function | Num1 | Num | Arcsine of Num1 |
| The ATAN Function | Num1 | Num | Arctangent of Num1 |
| The CHAR Function | Int1 | Anum | Character in position Int1 of the alphanumeric program collating sequence |
| The CHAR-NATIONAL Function | Int1 | Nat | Character in position Int1 of the national program collating sequence |
| The COS Function | Num1 |