Function reference
This section describes the syntax, usage, and return values of HCL Informix® GLS functions in alphabetical order.
- The ifx_gl_case_conv_outbuflen() function
The ifx_gl_case_conv_outbuflen() function calculates an approximation of the number of bytes required to store a case-converted multibyte character. - The ifx_gl_complen() function
The ifx_gl_complen() function determines the length of a collating element. - The ifx_gl_conv_needed() function
The ifx_gl_conv_needed() function determines whether code-set conversion between two code sets is required. - The ifx_gl_convert_date() function
The ifx_gl_convert_date() function converts a date string to its internal date representation. - The ifx_gl_convert_datetime() function
The ifx_gl_convert_datetime() function converts a date/time string to its internal date/time representation. - The ifx_gl_convert_money() function
The ifx_gl_convert_money() function converts a money string to its internal money representation. - The ifx_gl_convert_number() function
The ifx_gl_convert_number() function converts a number string to its internal decimal representation. - The ifx_gl_cv_mconv() function
The ifx_gl_cv_mconv() function converts characters from one code set to another. - The ifx_gl_cv_outbuflen() function
The ifx_gl_cv_outbuflen() function calculates an approximation of the number of bytes required to store a code-set converted multibyte character. - The ifx_gl_cv_sb2sb_table() function
The ifx_gl_cv_sb2sb_table() function returns the single-byte conversion table from the source code set to the destination code set. - The ifx_gl_format_date() function
The ifx_gl_format_date() function formats an internal date value to a date string. - The ifx_gl_format_datetime() function
The ifx_gl_format_datetime() function formats an internal date/time value to a date/time string. - The ifx_gl_format_money() function
The ifx_gl_format_money() function formats an internal money value to a money string. - The ifx_gl_format_number() function
The ifx_gl_format_number() function formats an internal decimal value to a number string. - The ifx_gl_getmb() function
The ifx_gl_getmb() function obtains a single multibyte character from a user-specified location. - The ifx_gl_init() function
The ifx_gl_init() function initializes the current processing locale for the current program. - The ifx_gl_ismalnum() function
The ifx_gl_ismalnum() function determines whether a multibyte character contains an alphabetic or digit character. - The ifx_gl_ismalpha() function
The ifx_gl_ismalpha() function determines whether a multibyte character contains an alphabetic character. - The ifx_gl_ismblank() function
The ifx_gl_ismblank() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a horizontal-space character. - The ifx_gl_ismcntrl() function
The ifx_gl_ismcntrl() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a control character. - The ifx_gl_ismdigit() function
The ifx_gl_ismdigit() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a decimal digit. - The ifx_gl_ismgraph() function
The ifx_gl_ismgraph() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a graphical (visible) character. - The ifx_gl_ismlower() function
The ifx_gl_ismlower() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a lowercase alphabetic character. - The ifx_gl_ismprint() function
The ifx_gl_ismprint() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a printable character. - The ifx_gl_ismpunct() function
The ifx_gl_ismpunct() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a punctuation character. - The ifx_gl_ismspace() function
The ifx_gl_ismspace() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a space (vertical or horizontal) character. - The ifx_gl_ismupper() function
The ifx_gl_ismupper() function determines whether a multibyte character contains an uppercase alphabetic character. - The ifx_gl_ismxdigit() function
The ifx_gl_ismxdigit() function determines whether a multibyte character contains a hexadecimal digit. - The ifx_gl_iswalnum() function
The ifx_gl_iswalnum() function determines whether a wide character contains an alphabetic or digit character. - The ifx_gl_iswalpha() function
The ifx_gl_iswalpha() function determines whether a wide character contains an alphabetic character. - The ifx_gl_iswblank() function
The ifx_gl_iswblank() function determines whether a wide character contains a horizontal-space character. - The ifx_gl_iswcntrl() function
The ifx_gl_iswcntrl() function determines whether a wide character contains a control character. - The ifx_gl_iswdigit() function
The ifx_gl_iswdigit() function determines whether a wide character contains a decimal digit. - The ifx_gl_iswgraph() function
The ifx_gl_iswgraph() function determines whether a wide character contains a graphical (visible) character. - The ifx_gl_iswlower() function
The ifx_gl_iswlower() function determines whether a wide character contains a lowercase alphabetic character. - The ifx_gl_iswprint() function
The ifx_gl_iswprint() function determines whether a wide character contains a printable character. - The ifx_gl_iswpunct() function
The ifx_gl_iswpunct() function determines whether a wide character contains a punctuation character. - The ifx_gl_iswspace() function
The ifx_gl_iswspace() function determines whether a wide character contains a space (vertical or horizontal) character. - The ifx_gl_iswupper() function
The ifx_gl_iswupper() function determines whether a wide character contains an uppercase alphabetic character. - The ifx_gl_iswxdigit() function
The ifx_gl_iswxdigit() function determines whether a wide character contains a hexadecimal digit. - The ifx_gl_lc_errno() function
The ifx_gl_lc_errno() function returns the value of the error number that some other HCL Informix GLS function has set. - The ifx_gl_mb_loc_max() function
The ifx_gl_mb_loc_max() function returns the maximum number of bytes in the characters of the current locale. - The ifx_gl_mblen() function
The ifx_gl_mblen() function returns the number of bytes in a multibyte character. - The ifx_gl_mbscat() function
The ifx_gl_mbscat() function concatenates two multibyte-character strings. - The ifx_gl_mbschr() function
The ifx_gl_mbschr() function searches for the first occurrence of a character in a multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbscoll() function
The ifx_gl_mbscoll() function uses locale-specific order to compare two multibyte-character strings. - The ifx_gl_mbscpy() function
The ifx_gl_mbscpy() function copies a multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbscspn() function
The ifx_gl_mbscspn() function determines the length of a complementary multibyte substring for a multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbslen() function
The ifx_gl_mbslen() function determines the number of characters in a multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbsmbs() function
The ifx_gl_mbsmbs() function searches for a specified substring within a multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbsncat() function
The ifx_gl_mbsncat() function concatenates a specified number of multibyte characters in one multibyte string to another. - The ifx_gl_mbsncpy() function
The ifx_gl_mbsncpy() function copies a specified number of multibyte characters from a multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbsnext() function
The ifx_gl_mbsnext() function returns the next multibyte character from a multibyte string. - The ifx_gl_mbsntsbytes() function
The ifx_gl_mbsntsbytes() function determines the number of bytes in a multibyte string. It ignores trailing spaces. - The ifx_gl_mbsntslen() function
The ifx_gl_mbsntslen() function determines the number of characters in a multibyte string. It ignores trailing spaces. - The ifx_gl_mbspbrk() function
The ifx_gl_mbspbrk() function searches for any multibyte character from one multibyte string in another multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbsprev() function
The ifx_gl_mbsprev() function returns the previous multibyte character in a multibyte string. - The ifx_gl_mbsrchr() function
The ifx_gl_mbsrchr() function searches for the last occurrence of a character in a multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbsspn() function
The ifx_gl_mbsspn() function determines the length of a multibyte substring for a specified multibyte-character string. - The ifx_gl_mbstowcs() function
The ifx_gl_mbstowcs() function converts a multibyte character string to its wide-character representation. - The ifx_gl_mbtowc() function
The ifx_gl_mbtowc() function converts one multibyte character to its wide-character representation. - The ifx_gl_putmb() function
The ifx_gl_putmb() function puts a single multibyte character in a user-defined location. - The ifx_gl_tomlower() function
The ifx_gl_tomlower() function converts an uppercase multibyte character to its lowercase equivalent. - The ifx_gl_tomupper() function
The ifx_gl_tomupper() function converts a lowercase multibyte character to its uppercase equivalent. - The ifx_gl_towlower() function
The ifx_gl_towlower() function converts an uppercase wide character to its lowercase equivalent. - The ifx_gl_towupper() function
The ifx_gl_towupper() function converts a lowercase wide character to its uppercase equivalent. - The ifx_gl_wcscat() function
The ifx_gl_wcscat() function concatenates two wide-character strings. - The ifx_gl_wcschr() function
The ifx_gl_wcschr() function searches for the first occurrence of a character in a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcscoll() function
The ifx_gl_wcscoll() function uses locale-specific order to compare two wide-character strings. - The ifx_gl_wcscpy() function
The ifx_gl_wcscpy() function copies a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcscspn() function
The ifx_gl_wcscspn() function determines the length of a complementary wide-character substring for a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcslen() function
The ifx_gl_wcslen() function determines the number of characters in a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcsncat() function
The ifx_gl_wcsncat() function concatenates a specified number of wide characters in one wide-character string to another. - The ifx_gl_wcsncpy() function
The ifx_gl_wcsncpy() function copies a specified number of wide characters from a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcsntslen() function
The ifx_gl_wcsntslen() function determines the number of characters in a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcspbrk() function
The ifx_gl_wcspbrk() function searches for any wide character from one wide-character string in another wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcsrchr() function
The ifx_gl_wcsrchr() function searches for the last occurrence of a character in a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcsspn() function
The ifx_gl_wcsspn() function determines the length of a wide-character substring for a specified wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wcstombs() function
The ifx_gl_wcstombs() function converts a wide-character string to its multibyte representation. - The ifx_gl_wcswcs() function
The ifx_gl_wcswcs() function searches for a specified substring within a wide-character string. - The ifx_gl_wctomb() function
The ifx_gl_wctomb() function converts one wide character to its multibyte representation.
Parent topic: Informix GLS functions