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•Paths, comparing:

–FlsAPath

–FlsAPathOrNotAPath

–FlsEmptyPath

–FPathCmp

•Paths, converting to and from other representations:

–FArrToPath

–FFlattenPath

–FPathToArr

–FPathToAZString

–FPathToDSString

–FStringToPath

–FTextToPath

–FUnFlattenPath

•Paths, creating:

–FAddPath

–FAppendName

–FAppPath

–FEmptyPath

–FMakePath

–FNotAPath

–FRelPath

•Paths, disposing:

–FDisposePath

•Paths, duplicating:

–FPathCpy

–FPathToPath

Support Manager Functions

You can use the support manager functions for bit or byte manipulation of data, string manipulation, mathematical operations, sorting, searching, and determining the current time and date.

To perform the following operations, use the functions listed:

•Byte manipulation operations:

–Cat4Chrs

–GetALong

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•Mathematical operations:

–Abs

–Max

–Min

–Pin

–RandomGen

•String manipulation:

–BlockCmp

–CPStrBuf

–CPStrCmp

–CPStrIndex

–CPStrInsert

–CPStrLen

–CPStrRemove

–CPStrReplace

–CPStrSize

–CToPStr

–FileNameCmp

–FileNameIndCmp

–FileNameNCmp

–FPrintf

–HexChar

–IsAlpha

–IsDigit

–IsLower

–IsUpper

–LStrBuf

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–LStrCmp

–LStrLen

–LStrPrintf

–LToPStr

–PPrintf

–PPrintfp

–PPStrCaseCmp

–PPStrCmp

–PStrBuf

–PStrCaseCmp

–PStrCat

–PStrCmp

–PStrCpy

–PStrLen

–PStrNCpy

–PToCStr

–PToLStr

–SPrintF

–SPrintfp

–StrCat

–StrCmp

–StrCpy

–StrLen

–StrNCaseCmp

–StrNCmp

–StrNCpy

–ToLower

–ToUpper

•Utility functions:

–BinSearch

–QSort

–Unused

•Time functions:

–ASCIITime

–DateCString

–DateToSecs

–MilliSecs

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–SecsToDate

–TimeCString

–TimeInSecs

Mathematical Operations

In addition to the mathematical operations in the previous list, LabVIEW supports a number of other mathematical functions. The following functions are implemented as defined in The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie.

double atan(double); double cos(double); double exp(double); double fabs(double); double log(double); double sin(double); double sqrt(double); double tan(double); double acos(double); double asin(double);

double atan2(double, double); double ceil(double);

double cosh(double); double floor(double);

double fmod(double, double); double frexp(double, int *); double ldexp(double, int); double log10(double);

double modf(double, double *); double pow(double, double); double sinh(double);

double tanh(double);

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Abs

int32 Abs(n);

Purpose

Returns the absolute value of n, unless n is –231, in which case the function returns the number unmodified.

Parameters