| @ |
function |
Cursor and screen manipulation. |
| ABORT |
statement |
Program termination. |
| ABS |
function |
Returns absolute value. |
| ABSS |
function |
Returns absolute value of elements in a dynamic array |
| ADDS |
function |
Adds corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays. |
| ALPHA |
function |
Returns Boolean result for alphabetic check. |
| ANDS |
function |
Create a dynamic array of logical AND of corresponding elements from two arrays. |
| ASCII |
function |
EBCDIC to ASCII conversion function. |
| ASSIGNED |
function |
Returns Boolean result for variable assignment. |
| BITAND |
function |
Performs a bitwise AND comparison of two integers. |
| BITCHANGE |
function |
Toggles the state of the specified bit. |
| BITCHECK |
function |
Returns the current value of the specified bit. |
| BITLOAD |
function |
Assigns values in the local bit table. |
| BITNOT |
function |
Returns the bitwise negation of an integer specified by a numeric expression. |
| BITOR |
function |
Performs a bitwise OR comparison of two integers. |
| BITRESET |
function |
Resets the value of the specified bit. |
| BITSET |
function |
Sets the value of the specified bit. |
| BITTEST |
function |
Tests the bit number of the integer specified by an expression. |
| BITXOR |
function |
Performs a bitwise XOR comparison of two integers. |
| BREAK |
statement |
Break key manipulation. Loop Termination. |
BYTELEN |
function |
returns the length of the expression as the number of bytes rather than the number of characters. |
| CALL |
statement |
Transfer of program execution to an external subroutine. |
| CALLC |
statement |
Transfer of program to an external C function. |
| CALLdotNET |
statement |
Call a .NET assembly |
| CALLJ |
statement |
Call a JAVA method |
| CALLONEXIT |
function |
specifies the name of a subroutine to call when the program terminates |
| CASE |
statement |
Conditional branching. |
| CATS |
function |
Concatenates corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays. |
| CHAIN |
statement |
Transfer of process control. |
| CHANGE |
statement |
Sub-string replacement. |
| CHANGE |
function |
Sub-string replacement. |
| CHANGE |
function |
Adjust existing time stamp to return new timestamp value. |
| CHAR |
function |
Returns the ASCII equivalent of a numeric expression. |
| CHARS |
function |
Returns the ASCII equivalents of the numeric
expressions in a dynamic array. |
| CHDIR |
function |
Changes the current directory. |
| CHECKSUM |
function |
Returns numeric checksum for the supplied expression. |
| CLEAR |
statement |
Initializes all variables to zero. |
| CLEARCOMMON |
statement |
Initializes all unnamed common variables to a value
of zero. |
| CLEARDATA |
statement |
Clears data that has been stacked by the DATA statement. |
| CLEARFILE |
statement |
Clears all the data from a file. |
| CLEARINPUT |
statement |
Clears the type-ahead buffer. |
| CLEARSELECT |
statement |
Clears active select lists. |
| CLOSE |
statement |
Closes a previously opened file. |
| CLOSESEQ |
statement |
Closes a previously opened sequential file. |
| COL1 / COL2 |
functions |
Position determination subsequent to use of the FIELD function. |
| COLLECTDATA |
statement |
Retrieves data passed from the PASSDATA clause of an EXECUTE statement |
| COMMON |
statement |
Declares a list of variables and matrices that can be shared among programs. |
| COMPARE |
function |
Compares two strings. |
| CONTINUE |
statement |
Used to skip code in a loop. |
| CONVERT |
function |
Converts a character string to another. |
| CONVERT |
statement |
Converts a character string to another. |
| COS |
function |
Returns the cosine of an angle. |
| COUNT |
function |
Returns the number of times that one string occurs in another. |
| COUNTS |
function |
Counts the number of times a substring is repeated in each element of a dynamic array. |
| CREATE |
statement |
Creates a record in a jBASE directory file or creates a UNIX/DOS file. |
| CRT |
statement |
Outputs data to the terminal. |
| DATA |
statement |
Stores data for stacked input. |
| DATE |
function |
Returns the date in internal form. |
| DCOUNT |
function |
Counts the number of elements in a string separated by a specified delimiter. |
| DEBUG |
statement |
Passes control to the jBC debugger. |
| DECRYPT |
function |
Decodes an encrypted string. |
| DEFC |
statement |
Declares an external C function to the jBC compiler. |
| DEFCE |
statement |
Calls an external C program that does not require use of jBASE library macro's and functions. |
DEFFUN |
statement |
Declares an external jBC function to the jBC compiler. |
| DEL |
statement |
Removes a specified element from a dynamic array. |
| DELETE |
statement |
Deletes a record from a file. |
| DELETELIST |
statement |
Deletes a stored list. |
| DELETESEQ |
statement |
Deletes a sequential file. |
| DELETEU |
statement |
Deletes a record without releasing update locks. |
| DIMENSION |
statement |
Declares fixed length arrays to the compiler. |
| DIR |
function |
Returns information about a file. |
| DISPLAY |
statement |
Outputs data to the terminal. |
| DIVS |
function |
Divides corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays. |
| DIV |
function |
Calculates the value of the quotient after division of the dividend by the divisor. |
| DOWNCASE |
function |
Converts all uppercase characters in an expression to lowercase. |
| DQUOTE |
function |
Encloses a value in double quotation marks. |
| DROUND |
function |
Performs double-precision rounding on a value. |
| DTX |
function |
Returns the hexadecimal representation of a decimal expression. |
| DYNTOXML |
function |
Converts a dynamic array to XML. |
| EBCDIC |
function |
Converts a string value from ASCII to EBCDIC. |
| ECHO |
statement |
Turns on or off the echoing of characters typed at the keyboard. |
| ENCRYPT |
function |
Encrypts strings. |
| END |
statement |
Designates the end of a program or subroutine. |
| ENTER |
statement |
Unconditionally passes control to another executable program. |
| EQUATE |
statement |
Declares a symbol equivalent to a literal, variable or simple expression. |
| EQS |
function |
Tests if elements of one dynamic array are equal to the elements of another dynamic array. |
|
EREPLACE |
function |
Replace substring in an expression with another substring. |
| EXECUTE |
statement |
Allows execution of other programs and commands. |
| EXIT |
statement |
Halts the execution of a program. |
| EXP |
function |
Returns the mathematical constant e to the specified power. |
| EXTRACT |
function |
Archaic method of extracting elements from a dynamic array. |
| FADD |
function |
Performs addition on two floating point numbers. |
| FDIV |
function |
Performs division on two floating point numbers. |
| FIELD |
function |
Returns one or more delimited fields from a string. |
| FIELDS |
function |
Returns a dynamic array of delimited fields from a dynamic array of strings. |
|
FILEINFO |
function |
Returns information on a specified file variable |
| FILELOCK |
statement |
Attempts to lock an entire file for exclusive use by this program. |
| FIND |
statement |
Finds the location of a specified string within a dynamic array. |
| FINDSTR |
statement |
Finds the location of a specified string within a dynamic array. |
| FMT |
function |
Formats a string to a specified pattern. |
| FMTS |
function |
Formats the elements of a dynamic array for output. |
| FMUL |
function |
Performs multiplication on two floating point numbers. |
| FOLD |
function |
Re-delimits a specified string with attribute marks. |
| FOOTING |
statement |
Defines a footing to be included at the bottom of an output page. |
| FORMLIST |
statement |
Creates an active select list from a dynamic array. |
| FOR |
statement |
Defines the start of a fixed increment loop construct. |
| FSUB |
function |
Performs subtraction on two floating point numbers. |
| FUNCTION |
statement |
Declares a user-defined function. |
| GES |
function |
Compares corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays. |
| GET |
statement |
Gets input from an opened serial device. |
| GETCWD |
function |
Returns the name of the current working directory. |
| GETENV |
function |
Determines the value of the specified environment variable. |
| GETLIST |
statement |
Retrieves a previously stored list. |
| GOSUB |
statement |
Causes execution of a local subroutine. |
| GOTO |
statement |
Causes program execution to jump to the code at a specified label. |
| GROUP |
function |
Returns one or more delimited fields from a string. |
| GROUPSTORE |
statement |
Replaces one group of characters in a string with another group of characters. |
| HEADING |
statement |
Defines a heading to be included at the top of an output page. |
|
HEADINGE |
statement |
Defines a heading to be included at the top of an output
page and ejects the page. |
|
HEADINGR |
statement |
Defines a heading to be included at the top of an output
page and suppresses the page eject. |
| HUSH |
statement |
Turns on or off the echoing of characters typed at the keyboard. |
| ICONV |
function |
Converts data in external format to internal format. |
|
ICONVS |
function |
Converts elements of a dynamic array to internal format. |
| IF |
statement |
Allows conditional execution of statements. |
| IFS |
function |
returns a dynamic array whose elements are chosen
individually from one of two arrays based on the contents of a third array. |
| IN |
statement |
Gets raw data from the input device. |
| INCLUDE |
statement |
Includes code from other files. |
| INDEX |
function |
Returns the position of a character or characters within another string. |
| INDICES |
function |
Returns information about a file's secondary index. |
| INMAT |
function |
Returns the number of dimensioned array elements. |
| INPUT |
statement |
Gets data from the input device. |
| INPUTCLEAR |
statement |
Clears the type-ahead buffer. |
| INPUTNULL |
statement |
Allows null input to be seen by the INPUT statement. |
| INS |
statement |
Allows the insertion of elements into a dynamic array. |
| INSERT |
function |
Allows the insertion of elements into a dynamic array. |
INT |
function |
Truncates a numeric value to the nearest integer. |
| IOCTL |
function |
Returns file information. |
|
ISALPHA |
function |
Checks that an expression consists entirely of alphabetic
characters. |
|
ISALNUM |
function |
Checks that an expression consists entirely of alphanumeric
characters. |
|
ISCNTRL |
function |
Checks that an expression consists entirely of control
characters. |
|
ISDIGIT |
function |
Checks that an expression consists entirely of numeric
characters. |
|
ISPRINT |
function |
Checks that an expression consists entirely of printable
characters. |
|
ISSPACE |
function |
Checks that an expression consists entirely of space type
characters. |
|
ISUPPER |
function |
Checks that an expression consists entirely of upper case
characters. |
|
JBASECOREDUMP |
function |
Dumps a portion of the application to an external file for
later analysis. |
|
JBASETHREADCreate |
command |
Starts a thread. |
|
JBASETHREADStatus |
command |
Shows the status of all running threads. |
|
JQLCOMPILE |
statement |
Compiles a jQL statement. |
|
JQLEXECUTE |
statement |
Executes a compiled jQL statement |
|
JQLFETCH |
statement |
Fetches the next result in a compiled jQL statement. |
|
JQLGETPROPERTY |
statement |
Gets the property of a compiled jQL statement. |
|
JQLPUTPROPERTY |
statement |
Sets a property in a compiled jQL statement. |
| KEYIN |
function |
Reads a single character from the input buffer and returns
it. |
|
LATIN1 |
function |
Converts a UTF-8 byte sequence to it's Binary or Latin
equivalent. |
| LEFT |
function |
Extracts the first n characters from a string. |
| LEN |
function |
Returns the character length of an expression. |
| LENS |
function |
Returns a dynamic array of the number of bytes in each
element of a dynamic array. |
| LENDP |
function |
Returns the display length of and expression. |
| LES |
function |
Determines whether elements of one dynamic array are less
than or equal to the corresponding element in another dynamic array. |
| LN |
function |
Returns the value of the natural logarithm of a supplied expression. |
|
LOCALDATE |
function |
Returns an internal date using the specified Timestamp and
TimeZone combination. |
|
LOCALTIME |
function |
Returns and internal time using the specified Timestamp and
TimeZone combination. |
| LOCATE |
statement |
Finds the position of an element in a specified dimension of a dynamic array. |
| LOCK |
statement |
Sets an execution lock. |
| LOOP |
statement |
Defines the start of a loop construct. |
| LOWCASE |
function |
Converts all uppercase characters in an expression to lowercase. |
| LOWER |
function |
Lowers delimiters in a string to their next lowest value. |
|
MAKETIMESTAMP |
function |
Generates a Timestamp using internal date, time and timezone. |
| MAXIMUM |
function |
Returns the highest numerical value in a dynamic array. |
| MAT |
statement |
Array element assignment. |
| MATBUILD |
statement |
Creates a dynamic array from a dimensioned array. |
| MATCHES |
function |
Allows pattern matching to be applied to an expression. |
|
MATCHFIELD |
function |
Checks a string against a match pattern. |
| MATPARSE |
statement |
Assigns the elements of a dynamic array to a dimensioned array. |
| MATREAD |
statement |
Reads a record and maps the elements into a dimensioned array. |
| MATREADU |
statement |
Reads and locks a record and maps the elements into a dimensioned array. |
| MATWRITE |
statement |
Transfers the contents of a dimensioned array to a specified record on disc. |
| MATWRITEU |
statement |
Transfers the contents of a dimensioned array to a specified record on disc and preserves locks. |
| MINIMUM |
function |
Returns the lowest numerical value in a dynamic array. |
| MOD |
function |
Returns the arithmetic modulo of two numeric expressions. |
| MODS |
function |
Creates a a dynamic array from the remainder of the division
of the elements in two dynamic arrays. |
| MSLEEP |
statement |
Pauses program execution for a specified number of milliseconds. |
| MULS |
function |
Divides corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays. |
| NEG |
function |
Returns the inverse of a value. |
| NEGS |
function |
Returns the negative values for the elements of a dynamic
array. |
| NES |
function |
Determines whether the elements of one dynamic array are
equal to the corresponding elements in another dynamic array. |
| NOBUF |
statement |
Turns off buffering for a file opened for sequential
processing. |
| NOT |
function |
Inverts the Boolean value of an expression. |
| NOTS |
function |
Returns a dynamic array of the logical complement of the
elements of a dynamic array. |
| NULL |
statement |
Does nothing. |
| NUM |
function |
Returns Boolean true if the supplied value is numeric. |
| NUMS |
function |
Determines whether the elements of a dynamic array are
numeric. |
| OBJEXCALLBACK |
statement |
Communicates with a calling OBjEX program. |
| OCONV |
function |
Converts data in internal format to external format. |
|
OCONVS |
function |
Converts the elements of a dynamic array to external format. |
| ONGOSUB/ONGOTO |
statements |
Transfers program execution to a label based upon a calculation. |
| OPEN |
statement |
Opens a file or device to a descriptor variable. |
| OPENDEV |
statement |
Opens a file or device for sequential reading and/or writing. |
| OPENINDEX |
statement |
Opens a specific index definition for a file. |
| OPENPATH |
statement |
Opens a file given an absolute or relative path. |
| OPENSEQ |
statement |
Opens a file for sequential reading and/or writing. |
| OPENSER |
statement |
Opens a device for serial IO. |
| ORS |
function |
Creates a dynamic array of the logical OR of the
corresponding elements of two dynamic arrays. |
| OSBREAD |
statement |
Reads an OS file from a file opened. |
| OSBWRITE |
statement |
Writes an OS file to an file opened. |
| OSCLOSE |
statement |
Closes a previously opened OS file. |
| OSDELETE |
statement |
Deletes an OS file. |
| OSOPEN |
statement |
Opens an OS file for processing. |
| OSREAD |
statement |
Reads an OS file. |
| OSWRITE |
statement |
Writes an OS file. |
| OUT |
statement |
Sends raw characters to the current output device. |
| PAGE |
statement |
Causes the current output device to page. |
| PAUSE |
statement |
Allows processing to be suspended until an external event occurs. |
| PERFORM |
statement |
Allows execution of other programs and commands. |
| PRECISION |
statement |
Defines the number of digits of precision to be subsequently used. |
| PRINT |
statement |
Sends data to the current output device. |
| PRINTER |
statement |
Controls the destination of output from the PRINT statement. |
| PRINTERR |
statement |
Prints standard jBASE error messages. |
| PROCREAD |
statement |
Retrieves data passed from a jCL program to a jBC program. |
| PROCWRITE |
statement |
Passes data back to the primary input buffer of a calling jCL program. |
| PROGRAM |
statement |
Documents source code. |
| PROMPT |
statement |
Defines the prompt characters used by INPUT. |
| PUTENV |
function |
Sets environment variables for the current process. |
| PWR |
function |
Raises a number to a specified power. |
| QUOTE |
function |
Encloses a value in double quotation marks. |
| RAISE |
function |
Raises delimiters in a string to their next highest value. |
| READ |
statement |
Reads a record from an opened file into a variable. |
|
READBLK |
statement |
Reads a block of data from a sequential file. |
| READL |
statement |
Reads a record and takes a read-only shared record lock. |
| READLIST |
statement |
Retrieves a previously stored list. |
| READNEXT |
statement |
Retrieves the next element in a list variable. |
| READNEXT |
statement |
Moves forward through an index. |
| READPREV |
statement |
Moves backward through an index. |
| READSEQ |
statement |
Reads data from a file opened for sequential access. |
| READT |
statement |
Reads tape devices. |
| READU |
statement |
Reads a record from an opened file into a variable respecting locks. |
| READV |
statement |
Reads a field from a record in an opened file into a variable. |
| READVU |
statement |
Reads a field from a record in an opened file into a variable respecting
locks. |
|
READXML |
statement |
Reads a record from a file and transforms to XML format. |
| RECORDLOCKED |
function |
Returns the status of a record lock. |
| REGEXP |
function |
Pattern matching with regular expressions. |
| RELEASE |
statement |
Releases record locks. |
| REM |
function |
Returns the arithmetic modulo of two numeric expressions. |
| REMOVE |
function |
Successively extracts delimited strings from a dynamic array. |
| REPLACE |
function |
Archaic method of replacing elements in dynamic arrays. |
| RETURN |
statement |
Transfers execution to the caller of a subroutine/function or to a specific label
in a program. |
| REWIND |
statement |
Issues a rewind command to attached device. |
| RIGHT |
function |
Extracts the last n characters from a string. |
| RND |
function |
Generates a random number. |
| RQM |
statement |
Pauses execution. |
| RTNDATA |
statement |
return specific data to the RTNDATA clause of another program's EXECUTE. |
| SADD |
function |
Performs string addition. |
| SDIV |
function |
Performs string division. |
| SEEK |
statement |
Moves a file pointer. |
| SELECT |
statement |
Creates a select list of elements in a specified variable. |
| SELECT |
statement |
Creates a select list of elements based on on a secondary index. |
| SELECTINDEX |
statement |
Creates a dynamic array of keys based on a single selection of an index key. |
| SEND |
statement |
Sends output to a device. |
| SENTENCE |
function |
Returns the command used to invoke a program and the arguments it was given. |
| SEQ |
function |
Returns the numeric ASCII value of a character. |
| SEQS |
function |
Converts a dynamic array of ASCII characters to their
numeric string equivalents. |
| SIN |
function |
Returns the sine of an angle. |
| SLEEP |
statement |
Pauses program execution for a specified number of seconds or until a specified time. |
| SMUL |
function |
Performs string multiplication. |
| SORT |
function |
Sorts a dynamic array. |
| SOUNDEX |
function |
Converts strings to their phonetic equivalents. |
| SPACE |
function |
Generates strings of spaces. |
|
SPACES |
function |
Generates a dynamic array with elements comprising of blank
spaces. |
|
SPLICE |
function |
Creates a dynamic array from the element by element
concatenation of two dynamic arrays. |
| SPOOLER |
function |
Returns spooler information. |
| SQRT |
function |
Returns the square root of a number. |
| SQUOTE |
function |
Encloses a value in single quotation marks. |
|
SSELECT |
statement |
Creates a select list |
| SSUB |
function |
Performs string subtraction. |
|
STATUS |
function |
Determines cause of a file open failure. |
|
STATUS |
statement |
Determine status of open file. |
| STOP |
function |
Program termination. |
| STR |
function |
Performs string duplication. |
| STRS |
function |
Generates a dynamic array containing the specified number of
repetitions of each element of a dynamic array |
| SUBROUTINE |
statement |
Declares an external subroutine. |
| SUBS |
function |
Subtracts corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays. |
| SUBSTRINGS |
function |
Returns sub-strings of elements from a dynamic array. |
| SUM |
function |
Sums elements of a dynamic array. |
| SYSTEM |
function |
Returns system information. |
| SWAP |
function |
Sub-string replacement. |
| TAN |
function |
Returns the tangent of an angle. |
| TIME |
function |
Returns the current system time. |
| TIMEDATE |
function |
Returns the current time and date. |
|
TIMEDIFF |
function |
Returns the interval between two timestamps as a dynamic
array. |
|
TIMEOUT |
function |
Terminates a
READBLK or
READSEQ
statement. |
|
TIMESTAMP |
function |
Returns a UTC timestamp as decimal seconds. |
| TRANS |
function |
Retrieves a field from a file. |
| TRANSABORT |
statement |
Aborts and reverses the current transaction. |
| TRANSQUERY |
function |
Used to determine if currently in a transaction. |
| TRANSTART |
statement |
Marks the beginning of a transaction. |
| TRANSEND |
statement |
Marks the end of a successfully completed transaction. |
| TRIM |
function |
Removes characters from a string. |
| TRIMB |
function |
Removes trailing blanks. |
|
TRIMBS |
function |
Removes trailing spaces and tabs from elements of a dynamic
array. |
| TRIMF |
function |
Removes leading blanks. |
|
TRIMFS |
function |
Removes leading spaces and tabs from elements of a dynamic
array. |
| UNASSIGNED |
function |
Returns Boolean result for variable assignment. |
|
UNIQUEKEY |
function |
Returns a unique 16-byte character key. |
| UNLOCK |
statement |
Releases a previously locked execution lock. |
| UPCASE |
function |
Converts all lowercase characters in an expression to uppercase. |
| UTF8 |
function |
Converts a latin1 or binary string into the UTF-8 equivalent
byte sequence. |
| WAKE |
statement |
Wakes a suspended process which has executed a pause statement. |
| WEOF |
statement |
Writes an end of file mark on an attached tape device. |
| WEOFSEQ |
statement |
Writes end of file mark on a file opened for sequential access. |
| WRITE |
statement |
Writes a record to a previously opened file. |
|
WRITEBLK |
statement |
Writes a block of data to a file opened for sequential
processing. |
| WRITELIST |
statement |
Writes a list to the stored list file. |
| WRITESEQ |
statement |
Writes data to a file opened for sequential access. |
| WRITET |
statement |
Writes data to a tape device. |
| WRITEU |
statement |
Writes a record to a previously opened file preserving locks. |
| WRITEV |
statement |
Writes a record field to a previously opened file. |
| WRITEVU |
statement |
Writes a record field to a previously opened file preserving locks. |
|
WRITEXML |
function |
Writes an XML record to a hashed file. |
| XLATE |
function |
Retrieves a field from a file. |
|
XMLTODYN |
function |
Converts XML to a dynamic array. |
|
XMLTOXML |
function |
Transforms XML using an XSL |
| XTD |
function |
Returns the decimal representation of a hexadecimal expression. |
