Kentrox AI296 manual Alias Macro Functions, Alias Macro Function Description of Operation

AI296 Version 9.8x User’s Guide

Alias and Call Routing Configuration: Alias Macros

Table 8-19 Operators in Order of Precedence (Continued)

Operator Description

!Specifies a boolean logical NOT evaluation. This changes a true condition to a false condition (and vice versa) before continuing with the evaluation.

Functions

Functions are preset command keywords that perform string and value conversions. Some functions can be entered with only a single character. For example, s and switch represent the same function.



Note: Functions are not case-sensitive.

Table 8-20 lists available functions and their descriptions in alphabetical order.

	Table 8-20 Alias Macro Functions
Alias Macro Function		Description of Operation
asc(string)		Returns the ASCII integer value of the first
		character in a string.
chr$(n)		Returns the character that corresponds to ASCII
		integer value n.
hex$(n)		Returns the hexadecimal equivalent to decimal
or		value n. For example, =hex$(31) returns hex value
h(n)		1F.
if(expression,a,b)		Returns a if expression is not zero or b if
or		expression is zero.
i(expression,a,b)
left$(string,n)		Returns the left-most n characters of string. If n is
or		greater than the length of string, the function
l(string,n)		returns the entire string.
len(string)		Returns the length of string.
or
n(string)
mid$(string,x,n)		Returns n characters from string starting with the
or		xth character. If x is greater than the length of
m(string,x,n)		string, the function returns a null string. If fewer
		than n characters follow character x, the function
		returns to end of the string.

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