Chapter 19: Utilities

Routines

Print

Real rectangular matrix with integer row
and column labels............................................................................................... WRRRN

Real rectangular matrix with given format and labels............................................... WRRRL

Integer rectangular matrix with integer row
and column labels................................................................................................ WRIRN

Integer rectangular matrix with given format and labels............................................. WRIRL

Set or retrieve options for printing a matrix............................................................. WROPT

Set or retrieve page width and length..................................................................... PGOPT

Permute

Elements of a vector............................................................................................ PERMU

Rows/Columns of a matrix................................................................................... PERMA

Rows/Columns of a symmetric matrix................................................................... RORDM

Move any rows with NaN to the last rows of the matrix............................................ MVNAN

Sort

Real vector by algebraic value............................................................................... SVRGN

Real vector by algebraic value
and permutations returned.................................................................................... SVRGP

Integer vector by algebraic value............................................................................. SVIGN

Integer vector by algebraic value
and permutations returned..................................................................................... SVIGP

Columns of a real matrix....................................................................................... SCOLR

Rows of a real matrix.......................................................................................... SROWR

Search

Sorted real vector for a number................................................................................ SRCH

Sorted integer vector for a number........................................................................... ISRCH

Sorted character vector for a string........................................................................ SSRCH

Character String Manipulation

Get the character corresponding to a given ASCII value........................................... ACHAR

Get the integer ASCII value for a given character.................................................... IACHAR

Get uppercase integer ASCII value for a character.................................................... ICASE

Case-insensitive comparison of two strings............................................................... IICSR

Case-insensitive version of intrinsic function INDEX..................................................... IIDEX

Convert a character string with digits to an integer.................................................... CVTSI

Time, Date, and Version

CPU time............................................................................................................ CPSEC

Time of day........................................................................................................... TIMDY

Today’s date........................................................................................................ TDATE

Number of days from January 1, 1900, to the given date.......................................... NDAYS

Date for the number of days from January 1, 1900.................................................... NDYIN

Day of week for given date..................................................................................... IDYWK

Version, system, and license numbers................................................................... VERSL

Retrieval of Data Sets

Get a particular standard data set.......................................................................... GDATA



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