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Functions in FDL

Numeric functions

Function name	Description
add	Adds a number to a base value
sub	Substracts a number from a base value
div	Diveds a number
mult	Multiplies a number
abs	Returns the absolute value of a number
until	Return all numbers from a base number until an end number
round	Rounds a number to a specified precision

Aggregate functions

Function name	Description
groupby	Groups a set on some value(s)
count	Counts the number of rows
sum	Sums all values in a set
avg	Computes the average of set
max	Finds the max value in a set
min	Finds the minimum value in a set
orderby	Orders a set

String functions

Function name	Description
upper	Converts a string to uppercase
lower	Converts a string to lowercase
trim	Strips empty spaces from the beginning and end of a string
concat	Concats a number of strings
capitalize	Capitalizes a string
mkstring	Makes a string from a set
nicedb	Convert databasetype to nice string
replace	Replaces all occurences of string A with string B in a string C
substring	Returns a substring of a string
indexof	Searches a text and returns the index of a string
length	Returns the length of a string
hash	Returns a hash of a string

Set functions

Function name	Description
distinct	Removes duplicates from a set of values
union	The union of two sets
intersect	The intersection of two sets
difference	The difference of two sets
empty	If a set is empty
nonempty	If a set is nonempty
containsall	Checks if two sets are equal
containssome	Checks if two sets have overlapping elements
containsnone	Checks if two sets have no overlapping elements

Time functions

Function name	Description
todate	Converts a value to datestring
tomillis	Converts a datetime string to milliseconds
toperiod	Converts a number to a period string

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