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title: "New-Functions"
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# Functions

The table below contains all of the current Expression Editor functions, organized by category.

## Date-Time Functions

| Function | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AddDays(DateTime, DaysCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of days away from the specified DateTime. | AddDays([OrderDate], 30) |
| AddHours(DateTime, HoursCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of hours away from the specified DateTime. | AddHours([StartTime], 2) |
| AddMilliSeconds(DateTime, MilliSecondsCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of milliseconds away from the specified DateTime. | AddMilliSeconds(([StartTime], 5000)) |
| AddMinutes(DateTime, MinutesCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of minutes away from the specified DateTime. | AddMinutes([StartTime], 30) |
| AddMonths(DateTime, MonthsCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of months away from the specified DateTime. | AddMonths([OrderDate], 1) |
| AddSeconds(DateTime, SecondsCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of seconds away from the specified DateTime. | AddSeconds([StartTime], 60) |
| AddTicks(DateTime, TicksCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of ticks away from the specified DateTime. | AddTicks([StartTime], 5000) |
| AddTimeSpan(DateTime, TimeSpan) | Returns a date-time value that is away from the specified DateTime for the given TimeSpan. | AddTimeSpan([StartTime], [Duration]) |
| AddYears(DateTime, YearsCount) | Returns a date-time value that is the specified number of years away from the specieid DateTime. | AddYears([EndDate], -1) |
| GetDate(DateTime) | Extracts a date from the defined DateTime. | GetDate([OrderDateTime]) |
| GetDay(DateTime) | Extracts a day from the defined DateTime. | GetDay([OrderDate]) |
| GetDayOfWeek(DateTime) | Extracts a day of the week from the defined DateTime. | GetDayOfWeek([OrderDate]) |
| GetDayOfYear(DateTime) | Extracts a day of the year from the defined DateTime. | GetDayOfYear([OrderDate]) |
| GetHour(DateTime) | Extracts an hour from the defined DateTime. | GetHour([StartTime]) |
| GetMilliSecond(DateTime) | Extracts milliseconds from the defined DateTime. | GetMilliSecond([StartTime]) |
| GetMinute(DateTime) | Extracts minutes from the defined DateTime. | GetMinute([StartTime]) |
| GetMonth(DateTime) | Extracts a month from the defined DateTime. | GetMonth([StartTime]) |
| GetSecond(DateTime) | Extracts seconds from the defined DateTime. | GetSecond([StartTime]) |
| GetTimeOfDay(DateTime) | Extracts the time of the day from the defined DateTime, in ticks. | GetTimeOfDay([StartTime]) |
| GetYear(DateTime) | Extracts a year from the defined DateTime. | GetYear([StartTime]) |
| Now() | Returns the current system date and time. | AddDays(Now(), 5) |
| Today() | Returns the current date. Regardless of the actual time, this function returns midnight of the current date. | AddMonths(Today(), 1) |
| UtcNow() | Returns the current system date and time, expressed as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). | AddDays(UtcNow(), 7) |

## Logical Functions

| Function | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Iif(Expression, TruePart, FalsePart) | Returns either TruePart or FalsePart, depending on the evaluation of the Boolean Expression. | Iif([Quantity]>=10, 10, 0 ) |
| IsNull(Value) | Returns True if the specified Value is NULL. | IsNull([OrderDate]) |
| IsNull(Value1, Value2) | Returns Value1 if it is not set to NULL; otherwise, Value2 is returned. | IsNull([ShipDate], [RequiredDate]) |
| IsNullOrEmpty(String) | Returns True if the specified String object is NULL or an empty string; otherwise, False is returned. | IsNullOrEmpty([ProductName]) |

## Math Functions

| Function | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abs(Value) | Returns the absolute, positive value of the given numeric expression. | Abs(1 - [Discount]) |
| Acos(Value) | Returns the arccosine of a number (the angle, in radians, whose cosine is the given float expression). | Acos([Value]) |
| Asin(Value) | Returns the arcsine of a number (the angle, in radians, whose sine is the given float expression). | Asin([Value]) |
| Atn(Value) | Returns the arctangent of a number (the angle, in radians, whose tangent is the given float expression). | Atn([Value]) |
| Atn2(Value1, Value2) | Returns the angle whose tangent is the quotient of two specified numbers, in radians. | Atn2([Value1], [Value2]) |
| BigMul(Value1, Value2) | Returns an Int64 containing the full product of two specified 32-bit numbers. | BigMul([Amount], [Quantity]) |
| Ceiling(Value) | Returns the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to the given numeric expression. | Ceiling([Value]) |
| Cos(Value) | Returns the cosine of the angle defined in radians. | Cos([Value]) |
| Cosh(Value) | Returns the hyperbolic cosine of the angle defined in radians. | Cosh([Value]) |
| Exp(Value) | Returns the exponential value of the given float expression. | Exp([Value]) |
| Floor(Value) | Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the given numeric expression. | Floor([Value]) |
| Log(Value) | Returns the natural logarithm of a specified number. | Log([Value]) |
| Log(Value, Base) | Returns the logarithm of a specified number in a specified Base. | Log([Value], 2) |
| Log10(Value) | Returns the base 10 logarithm of a specified number. | Log10([Value]) |
| Power(Value, Power) | Returns a specified number raised to a specified power. | Power([Value], 3) |
| Rnd() | Returns a random number that is less than 1, but greater than or equal to zero. | Rnd()*100 |
| Round(Value) | Rounds the given value to the nearest integer. | Round([Value]) |
| Sign(Value) | Returns the positive (+1), zero (0), or negative (-1) sign of the given expression. | Sign([Value]) |
| Sin(Value) | Returns the sine of the angle, defined in radians. | Sin([Value]) |
| Sinh(Value) | Returns the hyperbolic sine of the angle defined in radians. | Sinh([Value]) |
| Sqr(Value) | Returns the square root of a given number. | Sqr([Value]) |
| Tan(Value) | Returns the tangent of the angle defined in radians. | Tan([Value]) |
| Tanh(Value) | Returns the hyperbolic tangent of the angle defined in radians. | Tanh([Value]) |

## String Functions

| Function | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ascii(String) | Returns the ASCII code value of the leftmost character in a character expression. | Ascii('a') |
| Char(Number) | Converts an integerASCIICode to a character. | Char(65) + Char(51) |
| CharIndex(String1, String2) | Returns the starting position of String1 within String2, beginning from the zero character position to the end of a string. | CharIndex('e', 'devexpress') |
| CharIndex(String1, String2, StartLocation) | Returns the starting position of String1 within String2, beginning from the StartLocation character position to the end of a string. | CharIndex('e', 'devexpress', 2) |
| Concat(String1, ... , StringN) | Returns the result of concatenating two or more string values. | Concat('A', ')', [ProductName]) |
| Insert(String1, StartPosition, String2) | Inserts String2 into String1 at the position specified by StartPositon | Insert([Name], 0, 'ABC-') |
| Len(Value) | Returns an integer containing either the number of characters in a string or the nominal number of bytes required to store a variable. | Len([Description]) |
| Lower(String) | Returns String in lowercase. | Lower([ProductName]) |
| PadLeft(String, Length) | Left-aligns characters in the defined string, padding its left side with white space characters up to a specified total length. |  |
| PadLeft(String, Length, Char) | Left-aligns characters in the defined string, padding its left side with the specified Char up to a specified total length. | PadLeft([Name], 30, '<') |
| PadRight(String, Length) | Right-aligns characters in the defined string, padding its left side with white space characters up to a specified total length. | PadRight([Name], 30) |
| PadRight(String, Length, Char) | Right-aligns characters in the defined string, padding its left side with the specified Char up to a specified total length. | PadRight([Name], 30, '>') |
| Remove(String, StartPosition, Length) | Deletes a specified number of characters from this instance, beginning at a specified position. | Remove([Name], 0, 3) |
| Replace(String, SubString2, String3) | Returns a copy of String1, in which SubString2 has been replaced with String3. | Replace([Name], 'The ', '') |
| Reverse(String) | Reverses the order of elements within String. | Reverse([Name]) |
| Substring(String, StartPosition, Length) | Retrieves a substring from String. The substring starts at StartPosition and has the specified Length.. | Substring([Description], 2, 3) |
| Substring(String, StartPosition) | Retrieves a substring from String. The substring starts at StartPosition. | Substring([Description], 2) |
| ToStr(Value) | Returns a string representation of an object. | ToStr([ID]) |
| Trim(String) | Removes all leading and trailing SPACE characters from String. | Trim([ProductName]) |
| Upper(String) | Returns String in uppercase. | Upper([ProductName]) |