Builtin Functions¶
ALFA Builtin functions can be categorized by their target usage and the lists below give a summary of those categories and functions. Also refer to the ALFA expression examples guide.
Collections¶
These functions operate on collections to enable mutations and manipulation using higher-order functions.
Construction¶
These are constructor functions that can be used to create instances of ALFA types.
Conversion¶
These functions enable conversions between ALFA datatypes.
Math¶
These are mathematical data processing functions.
Generic¶
These are common functions that work on several data types.
Persisted Data¶
These functions allow interacting with data persisted in an underlying store.
String¶
These are string manipulation and extraction functions.
Statistical¶
Statistics functions that can work over collections.