Functions Reference

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Table Of Contents

Contents
Functions reference (alphabetical list)
About functions
- Working with formulas and functions
- Using this functions reference
Aggregate functions
- Average
- Count
- List
- Max
- Min
- StDev
- StDevP
- Sum
- Variance
- VarianceP
Container functions
- Base64Decode
- Base64Encode
- GetContainerAttribute
- GetHeight
- GetThumbnail
- GetWidth
- VerifyContainer
Date functions
- Date
- Day
- DayName
- DayNameJ
- DayOfWeek
- DayOfYear
- Month
- MonthName
- MonthNameJ
- WeekOfYear
- WeekOfYearFiscal
- Year
- YearName
Design functions
- DatabaseNames
- FieldBounds
- FieldComment
- FieldIDs
- FieldNames
- FieldRepetitions
- FieldStyle
- FieldType
- GetNextSerialValue
- LayoutIDs
- LayoutNames
- LayoutObjectNames
- RelationInfo
- ScriptIDs
- ScriptNames
- TableIDs
- TableNames
- ValueListIDs
- ValueListItems
- ValueListNames
- WindowNames
External functions
- External
Financial functions
- FV
- NPV
- PMT
- PV
Get functions
- Get(AccountExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(AccountName)
- Get(AccountPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(ActiveFieldContents)
- Get(ActiveFieldName)
- Get(ActiveFieldTableName)
- Get(ActiveLayoutObjectName)
- Get(ActiveModifierKeys)
- Get(ActivePortalRowNumber)
- Get(ActiveRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ActiveSelectionSize)
- Get(ActiveSelectionStart)
- Get(AllowAbortState)
- Get(AllowFormattingBarState)
- Get(ApplicationArchitecture)
- Get(ApplicationLanguage)
- Get(ApplicationVersion)
- Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ConnectionAttributes)
- Get(ConnectionState)
- Get(CurrentDate)
- Get(CurrentExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(CurrentHostTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(CurrentTime)
- Get(CurrentTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentTimeUTCMilliseconds)
- Get(CustomMenuSetName)
- Get(DesktopPath)
- Get(Device)
- Get(DocumentsPath)
- Get(DocumentsPathListing)
- Get(EncryptionState)
- Get(ErrorCaptureState)
- Get(FileMakerPath)
- Get(FileName)
- Get(FilePath)
- Get(FileSize)
- Get(FoundCount)
- Get(HighContrastColor)
- Get(HighContrastState)
- Get(HostApplicationVersion)
- Get(HostIPAddress)
- Get(HostName)
- Get(InstalledFMPlugins)
- Get(LastError)
- Get(LastMessageChoice)
- Get(LastODBCError)
- Get(LayoutAccess)
- Get(LayoutCount)
- Get(LayoutName)
- Get(LayoutNumber)
- Get(LayoutTableName)
- Get(LayoutViewState)
- Get(MenubarState)
- Get(ModifiedFields)
- Get(MultiUserState)
- Get(NetworkProtocol)
- Get(NetworkType)
- Get(PageNumber)
- Get(PersistentID)
- Get(PreferencesPath)
- Get(PrinterName)
- Get(QuickFindText)
- Get(RecordAccess)
- Get(RecordID)
- Get(RecordModificationCount)
- Get(RecordNumber)
- Get(RecordOpenCount)
- Get(RecordOpenState)
- Get(RequestCount)
- Get(RequestOmitState)
- Get(ScreenDepth)
- Get(ScreenHeight)
- Get(ScreenScaleFactor)
- Get(ScreenWidth)
- Get(ScriptAnimationState)
- Get(ScriptName)
- Get(ScriptParameter)
- Get(ScriptResult)
- Get(SortState)
- Get(StatusAreaState)
- Get(SystemDrive)
- Get(SystemIPAddress)
- Get(SystemLanguage)
- Get(SystemNICAddress)
- Get(SystemPlatform)
- Get(SystemVersion)
- Get(TemporaryPath)
- Get(TextRulerVisible)
- Get(TotalRecordCount)
- Get(TouchKeyboardState)
- Get(TriggerCurrentPanel)
- Get(TriggerExternalEvent)
- Get(TriggerGestureInfo)
- Get(TriggerKeystroke)
- Get(TriggerModifierKeys)
- Get(TriggerTargetPanel)
- Get(UserCount)
- Get(UserName)
- Get(UseSystemFormatsState)
- Get(UUID)
- Get(WindowContentHeight)
- Get(WindowContentWidth)
- Get(WindowDesktopHeight)
- Get(WindowDesktopWidth)
- Get(WindowHeight)
- Get(WindowLeft)
- Get(WindowMode)
- Get(WindowName)
- Get(WindowOrientation)
- Get(WindowStyle)
- Get(WindowTop)
- Get(WindowVisible)
- Get(WindowWidth)
- Get(WindowZoomLevel)
Logical functions
- Case
- Choose
- Evaluate
- EvaluationError
- ExecuteSQL
- GetAsBoolean
- GetAVPlayerAttribute
- GetField
- GetFieldName
- GetLayoutObjectAttribute
- GetNthRecord
- If
- IsEmpty
- IsValid
- IsValidExpression
- Let
- Lookup
- LookupNext
- Self
Mobile functions
- Location
- LocationValues
Number functions
- Abs
- Ceiling
- Combination
- Div
- Exp
- Factorial
- Floor
- Int
- Lg
- Ln
- Log
- Mod
- Random
- Round
- SetPrecision
- Sign
- Sqrt
- Truncate
Repeating functions
- Extend
- GetRepetition
- Last
Summary functions
- GetSummary
Text functions
- Char
- Code
- Exact
- Filter
- FilterValues
- Furigana
- GetAsCSS
- GetAsDate
- GetAsNumber
- GetAsSVG
- GetAsText
- GetAsTime
- GetAsTimestamp
- GetAsURLEncoded
- GetValue
- Hiragana
- KanaHankaku
- KanaZenkaku
- KanjiNumeral
- Katakana
- Left
- LeftValues
- LeftWords
- Length
- Lower
- Middle
- MiddleValues
- MiddleWords
- NumToJText
- PatternCount
- Position
- Proper
- Quote
- Replace
- Right
- RightValues
- RightWords
- RomanHankaku
- RomanZenkaku
- SerialIncrement
- Substitute
- Trim
- TrimAll
- Upper
- ValueCount
- WordCount
Text formatting functions
- RGB
- TextColor
- TextColorRemove
- TextFont
- TextFontRemove
- TextFormatRemove
- TextSize
- TextSizeRemove
- TextStyleAdd
- TextStyleRemove
Time functions
- Hour
- Minute
- Seconds
- Time
Timestamp functions
- Timestamp
Trigonometric functions
- Acos
- Asin
- Atan
- Cos
- Degrees
- Pi
- Radians
- Sin
- Tan
Glossary

Number functions

ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 269

Purpose

Returns the base-2 logarithm of a number.

Format

Lg(number)

Parameters

number - any numeric expression or field containing a numeric expression

Data type returned

number

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 7.0

Description

Number can be any positive value. Negative values return an error. For 0, the Lg function returns

nothing because this value is out of the acceptable range.

Examples

Lg(1) = 0

Lg(2) = 1

Lg(32) = 5

Ln number()

Ln 2()

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