About other VB Built functions in QTP

About all the built-in VBScript functions. The page is divided into following sections: Date/Time functions; Conversion functions; Format functions. Math functions; Array functions. String functions; Other functions

Date/Time Functions

Function         Description

CDate Converts a valid date and time expression to the variant of subtype Date

Date    Returns the current system date

DateAdd         Returns a date to which a specified time interval has been added

DateDiff         Returns the number of intervals between two dates

DatePart         Returns the specified part of a given date

DateSerial      Returns the date for a specified year, month, and day

DateValue      Returns a date

Day     Returns a number that represents the day of the month (between 1 and 31, inclusive)

FormatDateTime       Returns an expression formatted as a date or time

Hour   Returns a number that represents the hour of the day (between 0 and 23, inclusive)

IsDate Returns a Boolean value that indicates if the evaluated expression can be converted to a date

Minute            Returns a number that represents the minute of the hour (between 0 and 59, inclusive)

Month Returns a number that represents the month of the year (between 1 and 12, inclusive)

MonthName   Returns the name of a specified month

Now    Returns the current system date and time

Second            Returns a number that represents the second of the minute (between 0 and 59, inclusive)

Time   Returns the current system time

Timer  Returns the number of seconds since 12:00 AM

TimeSerial      Returns the time for a specific hour, minute, and second

TimeValue     Returns a time

Weekday        Returns a number that represents the day of the week (between 1 and 7, inclusive)

WeekdayName          Returns the weekday name of a specified day of the week

Year    Returns a number that represents the year

Conversion Functions

Function         Description

Asc      Converts the first letter in a string to ANSI code

CBool Converts an expression to a variant of subtype Boolean

CByte Converts an expression to a variant of subtype Byte

CCur  Converts an expression to a variant of subtype Currency

CDate Converts a valid date and time expression to the variant of subtype Date

CDbl   Converts an expression to a variant of subtype Double

Chr     Converts the specified ANSI code to a character

CInt    Converts an expression to a variant of subtype Integer

CLng  Converts an expression to a variant of subtype Long

CSng   Converts an expression to a variant of subtype Single

CStr    Converts an expression to a variant of subtype String

Hex     Returns the hexadecimal value of a specified number

Oct      Returns the octal value of a specified number

Format Functions

Function         Description

FormatCurrency       Returns an expression formatted as a currency value

FormatDateTime       Returns an expression formatted as a date or time

FormatNumber         Returns an expression formatted as a number

FormatPercent          Returns an expression formatted as a percentage

Math Functions

Function         Description

Abs     Returns the absolute value of a specified number

Atn      Returns the arctangent of a specified number

Cos      Returns the cosine of a specified number (angle)

Exp     Returns e raised to a power

Hex     Returns the hexadecimal value of a specified number

Int       Returns the integer part of a specified number

Fix       Returns the integer part of a specified number

Log     Returns the natural logarithm of a specified number

Oct      Returns the octal value of a specified number

Rnd     Returns a random number less than 1 but greater or equal to 0

Sgn      Returns an integer that indicates the sign of a specified number

Sin       Returns the sine of a specified number (angle)

Sqr      Returns the square root of a specified number

Tan     Returns the tangent of a specified number (angle)

Array Functions

Function         Description

Array  Returns a variant containing an array

Filter   Returns a zero-based array that contains a subset of a string array based on a filter criteria

IsArray           Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a specified variable is an array

Join     Returns a string that consists of a number of substrings in an array

LBound                Returns the smallest subscript for the indicated dimension of an array

Split    Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array that contains a specified number of substrings

UBound          Returns the largest subscript for the indicated dimension of an array

String Functions

Function         Description

InStr   Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another. The search begins at the first character of the string

InStrRev        Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another. The search begins at the last character of the string

LCase Converts a specified string to lowercase

Left     Returns a specified number of characters from the left side of a string

Len     Returns the number of characters in a string

LTrim Removes spaces on the left side of a string

RTrim            Removes spaces on the right side of a string

Trim   Removes spaces on both the left and the right side of a string

Mid     Returns a specified number of characters from a string

Replace           Replaces a specified part of a string with another string a specified number of times

Right   Returns a specified number of characters from the right side of a string

Space  Returns a string that consists of a specified number of spaces

StrComp        Compares two strings and returns a value that represents the result of the comparison

String  Returns a string that contains a repeating character of a specified length

StrReverse     Reverses a string

UCase Converts a specified string to uppercase

Other Functions

Function         Description

CreateObject Creates an object of a specified type

Eval    Evaluates an expression and returns the result

GetLocale       Returns the current locale ID

GetObject       Returns a reference to an automation object from a file

GetRef            Allows you to connect a VBScript procedure to a DHTML event on your pages

InputBox        Displays a dialog box, where the user can write some input and/or click on a button, and returns the contents

IsEmpty          Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a specified variable has been initialized or not

IsNull  Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a specified expression contains no valid data (Null)

IsNumeric      Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a specified expression can be evaluated as a number

IsObject          Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the specified expression is an automation object

LoadPicture   Returns a picture object. Available only on 32-bit platforms

MsgBox          Displays a message box, waits for the user to click a button, and returns a value that indicates which button the user clicked

RGB   Returns a number that represents an RGB color value

Round            Rounds a number

ScriptEngine  Returns the scripting language in use

ScriptEngineBuildVersion   Returns the build version number of the scripting engine in use

ScriptEngineMajorVersion  Returns the major version number of the scripting engine in use

ScriptEngineMinorVersion  Returns the minor version number of the scripting engine in use

SetLocale        Sets the locale ID and returns the previous locale ID

TypeName     Returns the subtype of a specified variable

VarType         Returns a value that indicates the subtype of a specified variable