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Miscellaneous

Table B–7 lists the miscellaneous functions.

Table B–7: Miscellaneous Functions

Syntax
Input Data
Output Data
In 4GL
CASE ( expression, when-value-a, return-value-a,
when-value-b, return-value-b,...,
default-return-value
)
I ...
I
DBNAME ( )
N/A
C
DLLFUNC ( dll-name, function-name, string )
C, C, C
C
ENCODE ( expression )
C
C
IIF ( condition, true-value, false-value )
L, I, I
I
IN-LIST ( value, list-value1, ... , list-value-n)
I, I, ...
N
IN-RANGE ( value, low-value, high-value )
I, I, I
L
MAXIMUM ( expression , expression [ , expression ] ... )
I, I, ...
I
MINIMUM ( expression , expression [ , expression ] ... )
I, I, ...
I
OPSYS ( )
N/A
C
PREVIOUS ( field-name )
F
I
RUNTIME ( )
N/A
L
RUNTIME-PARAMETER (parameter-name)
C
C


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