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Common VBScript Functions

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Function
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VarType   Returns an integer code that indicates the subtype of a variable.  
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TypeName   Returns the subtype of a variable.  
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IsNumeric   Returns a Boolean value indicating whether an expression can be evaluated as a number.  
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IsArray   Returns a Boolean value indicating whether a variable is an array.  
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IsDate   Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the expression can be converted to a date.  
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IsEmpty   Returns a Boolean value indicating whether a variable has been initialized or not.  
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IsNull   Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether an expression contains no valid datatype.  
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IsObject   Returns a Boolean value indicating whether an expression refers to an Automation object.  
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CBool   Converts an expression to a Boolean subtype.  
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CByte   Converts an expression to a Byte subtype.  
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CCur   Converts an expression to a Currency subtype.  
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CDate   Converts an expression to a Date subtype.  
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CDbl   Converts an expression to a Double subtype.  
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CInt   Converts an expression to a Integer subtype.  
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CLng   Converts an expression to a Long subtype.  
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CSng   Converts an expression to a Single subtype.  
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CStr   Converts an expression to a String subtype.  
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FormatCurrency   Returns an expression formatted as a currency value.  
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FormatDateTime   Returns an expression formatted as a date or time.  
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FormatNumber   Returns an expression formatted as a number.  
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FormatPercent   Returns an expression formatted as a percent value with a trailing percent (%) symbol.  
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Join   Returns a string created by joining strings stored in an array.  
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Filter   Returns a zero-based array containing subset of a string array based on a filter criteria.  
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InStr   Returns the numeric position of the first occurrence of one string within another.  
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InStrRev   Returns the numeric position of the first occurrence of one string within another starting from the end of the string.  
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LCase   Returns a string with all its uppercase letters converted to lowercase letters.  
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Left   Returns a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.  
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Len   Returns the number of characters in a string.  
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LTrim   Removes all the spaces from the left side of a string.  
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RTrim   Removes all the spaces from the right side of a string.  
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Trim   Removes spaces from both the left and the right sides of a string.  
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Mid   Returns a specified number of characters from a string.  
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Replace   Returns a string in which a specified sub-string has been replaced with another substring a specified number of times.  
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Right   Returns a specified number of characters from the right side of a string.  
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Space   Returns a string consisting of the number of defined spaces.  
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Split   Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array that contains a specified number of substrings.  
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StrComp   Compares two strings and returns a value indicating the result of the comparison.  
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String   Returns a string consisting of character repeated number times.  
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StrReverse   Returns a string where the character order has been reversed.  
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UCase   Returns string with all its lowercase letters converted to uppercase letters.  
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Date   Returns the current system date.  
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DateAdd   Returns a date to which a specified time interval has been added.  
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DateDiff   Returns the number of intervals between two dates.  
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DatePart   Returns the specified part of a given date.  
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DateSerial   Returns a date for a specified year, month, and day.  
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DateValue   Returns a date.  
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Day   Returns a number representing the day of the month (between 1 and 31, inclusive).  
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Hour   Returns a number representing the hour of the day (between 0 and 23, inclusive).  
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Minute   Returns a number of the minutes in current system time (between 0 and 59, inclusive).  
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Month   Returns a number representing the month of the year (between 1 and 12, inclusive).  
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MonthName   Returns the name of a specified month.  
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Now   Returns the current system date and time.  
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Second   Returns the current seconds value of the current system time (between 0 and 59, inclusive).  
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Time   Returns the current system time.  
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TimeSerial   Returns the time for a specific hour, minute, and second.  
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TimeValue   Returns the current system time.  
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Weekday   Returns a number representing the day of the week (between 1 and 7, inclusive).  
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WeekdayName   Returns the weekday name of a specified day of the week.  
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Year   Returns a number representing the year.  
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Abs   Returns the absolute value of a number.  
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Atn   Returns the arctangent of a number.  
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Cos   Returns the cosine of an angle.  
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Exp   Returns e, the base of natural logarithms, raised to a power.  
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Hex   Returns a string representing the hexadecimal value of a number.  
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Int   Returns the integer portion of a number. If number is negative, Int returns the first integer less than or equal to number.  
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Fix   Returns the integer portion of a number. If number is negative, Fix returns the first integer greater than or equal to number.  
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Log   Returns the natural logarithm of a number.  
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Oct   Returns a string representing the octal value of a number.  
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Rnd   Returns a random number less than 1 but greater or equal to 0.  
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Round   Returns a number rounded to a specified number of decimal places.  
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Sgn   Returns an integer indicating the sign of a number.  
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Sin   Returns the sine of an angle.  
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Sqr   Returns the square root of a number.  
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Tan   Returns the tangent of an angle.  
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Chr   Returns the character specified by the ANSI character code.  
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Array   Returns an array containing the specified values.  
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Asc   Returns the ANSI character code of a string.  
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LBound   Returns the lower limit for the elements in an array.  
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UBound   Returns the upper limit for the number of elements in an array.  
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