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Intrinsic functions are special functions that can only be used within evaluation functions, such as [[EVAL]], [[FEVAL]], [[FHVAL]], [[FVAL]] and [[HVAL]]. Some of the builtin functions and properties will automatically evaluate their parameters, for example the [[IF]], [[WHILE]] statements will automatically evaluate their conditions.

Unlike the syntax for normal functions (<FUNCTION args>), the syntax for returning a value from an instrinsic function is:

<tt>FUNCTION(''args'')<br /></tt>

The following table details all of the intrinsic functions in SphereServer:

{| border="1" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"
| '''Name''' || '''Description'''
|-
| [[COS]](''value'') || Returns the cosine of ''value''.
|-
| [[ID]](''defname'') || Returns the numeric value of ''defname''.
|-
| [[ISOBSCENE]](''text'') || Returns 1 if ''text'' is considered to contain obscene language.
|-
| [[ISNUMERIC]](''value'') || Returns 1 if ''value'' is numeric.
|-
| [[LOGARITHM]](''value'') || Returns the base-10 logarithm of ''value''.
|-
| [[LOGARITHM]](''value'', ''base'') || Returns the base-''base'' logarithm of ''value''. (Accepts "e" and "pi" as bases, as well as numeric values)
|-
| [[NAPIERPOW]](''value'') || Returns e (2.7182818) to the power of ''value''.
|-
| [[QVAL]](''a, b, less_than, equal_to, greater_than'') || Returns ''less_than'' if ''a'' is less than ''b'', ''equal_to'' is ''a'' is equal to ''b'', or ''greater_than'' if ''a'' is greater than ''b''.
|-
| [[RAND]](''value'') || Returns a random value between 0 ''value-1''.
|-
| [[RAND]](''min, max'') || Returns a random value between ''min'' and ''max''.
|-
| [[RANDBELL]](''value, variance'') || Calculates a value based on a bell-shaped curve.
|-
| [[SIN]](''value'') || Returns the sine of ''value''.
|-
| [[STRCMP]](''string1, string2'') || Compares ''string1'' to ''string2'' and returns the result. Case-sensitive. (<= 1 = ''string1'' less than ''string2'', 0 = ''string1'' equal to ''string2'', >= 1 = ''string1'' greater than ''string2'')
|-
| [[STRCMPI]](''string1, string2'') || Compares ''string1'' to ''string2'' and returns the result. Case-insenstive. (<= 1 = ''string1'' less than ''string2'', 0 = ''string1'' equal to ''string2'', >= 1 = ''string1'' greater than ''string2'')
|-
| [[STRINDEXOF]](''text, search, n'') || Returns the index of the ''search'' string within ''text'', starting from the ''n''th character. (zero-based)
|-
| [[STRLEN]](''text'') || Returns the length of ''text''.
|-
| [[STRMATCH]](''pattern, text'') || Returns 1 if ''text'' matches the specified wildcard ''pattern''.
|-
| [[STRREGEX]](''pattern, text'') || Returns 1 if ''text'' matches the specified regular expression ''pattern''.
|-
| [[SQRT]](''value'') || Returns the square root of ''value''.
|-
| [[TAN]](''value'') || Returns the tangent of ''value''.
|}

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−	Intrinsic functions are special functions that can only be used within evaluation functions, such as [[EVAL]], [[FEVAL]], [[FHVAL]], [[FVAL]] and [[~~HVAL~~]]. Some of the builtin functions and properties will automatically evaluate their parameters, for example the [[IF]], [[WHILE]] statements will automatically evaluate their conditions.	+	Intrinsic functions are special functions that can only be used within evaluation functions, such as [[EVAL]], [[FEVAL]], [[FHVAL]], [[FVAL]], [[HVAL]], and [[UVAL]]. Some of the builtin functions and properties will automatically evaluate their parameters, for example the [[IF]], [[WHILE]] statements will automatically evaluate their conditions.

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	Intrinsic functions are special functions that can only be used within evaluation functions, such as [[EVAL]], [[FEVAL]], [[FHVAL]], [[FVAL]] and [[HVAL]]. Some of the builtin functions and properties will automatically evaluate their parameters, for example the [[IF]], [[WHILE]] statements will automatically evaluate their conditions.		Intrinsic functions are special functions that can only be used within evaluation functions, such as [[EVAL]], [[FEVAL]], [[FHVAL]], [[FVAL]] and [[HVAL]]. Some of the builtin functions and properties will automatically evaluate their parameters, for example the [[IF]], [[WHILE]] statements will automatically evaluate their conditions.

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 | [[ISOBSCENE]](''text'') || Returns 1 if ''text'' is considered to contain obscene language.
 |-
-| [[ISNUMERIC]](''value'') || Returns 1 if ''value'' is numeric.
+| [[ISNUMBER]](''value'') || Returns 1 if ''value'' is a number.
 |-
 | [[LOGARITHM]](''value'') || Returns the base-10 logarithm of ''value''.

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 {| border="1" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"
 | '''Name''' || '''Description'''
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 | [[COS]](''value'') || Returns the cosine of ''value''.