Non Reporting-Specific Functions (Crystal Syntax)
The Math, Financial, String, Date/Time, Type Conversion, and Programming Shortcuts groups consist mainly of functions that are not specific to reporting, but might be found in any full featured programming environment. Many of the functions are similar in functionality to Visual Basic functions of the same or similar name.
Note
Some functions that are supported by Crystal syntax are not listed in the Crystal syntax Functions tree. This is because they are equivalent to Crystal syntax functions already listed in the tree.
For example, the Length function is the traditional Crystal syntax function for finding the length of a string. Crystal syntax also supports Len as a synonym. Len is the Visual Basic and Basic syntax function for this and its inclusion is for the convenience of Visual Basic and Basic syntax users who want to write or modify Crystal syntax formulas.