<text1> + <text2> return <text1text2>

<text1> - <text2> return <text1text2> with any spaces from <text1> removed
and added to the end of the result. An unusual function but
sometimes useful.
<text1> $ <text2> return .T. if <text1> exists in <text2>
ALLTRIM(<text>) return <text> with all leading and trailing spaces removed.
In VFP 9 this function can remove characters other than
spaces by specifying an extra parameter.
AT(<char>,<text>) return the position of character <char> in string <text> or 0
if <char> is not found. The RAT() function does the same
but starting at the end of the target string <text>.
ATC(<char>,<text>) this is identical to to the AT() function but it is not case-
sensitive.
CTOD(<text>) return <text> as a variable in date format. Note that the
CTOD function will fail if STRICTDATE is set to 2.
DTOC(<date>) return <date> as a string in 'dd/mm/yy' or 'dd/mm/yyyy'
format depending on the state of SET CENTURY and SET
DATE.
DTOS(<date>) return <date> as a variable of type string in 'yyyymmdd'
format. Use the DTOS function when you are wanting to
index on an expression like Surname +
DTOS(DateOfBirth).
FILETOSTR(<filename>) return a string holding the contents of the file named
<filename>. Useful in combination
with STRTOFILE because you can read a file from disk
into memory, process it very quickly, and then write it back
out to disk. The only limitation in the 16Mb limit on
FoxPro string variables.
ISALPHA(<text>) return .T. if the first character of <text> is alphabetic.
ISLOWER(<text>) return .T. if the first character of <text> is lower case.
ISUPPER(<text>) return .T. if the first character of <text> is upper case.
LEFT(<text>, <n>) return the leftmost <n> characters of <text>. Note that this
will include any spaces.
LEN(<text>) return the length of <text> - including spaces. Remember
this when you are getting the length of data retrieved from a
field.
LIKE(<text1>, <text2>) compares <text1> and <text2> character by character and
returns .T. if they match. <text1> can include the wild cards
'*' and '?'.
LOWER(<text>) return <text> as text in lowercase.
LTRIM(<text>) return <text> with the leading spaces removed.
OCCURS(<text1>, return the number of times that the <text1> occurs in
<text2>) <text2>.
PADC(<text>, <n>, pad <text> to <n> characters long by adding equal numbers
<char>) of <char> to both ends.
PADL(<text>, <n>, pad <text> to <n> characters long by adding <char> to the
<char>) start.
PADR(<text>, <n>, pad <text> to <n> characters long by adding <char> to the
<char>) end.
PROPER(<text>) return <text> in lowercase text with the initial letters
capitalised. Not as useful as you might think because many
proper names include a mixture of uppercase and lowercase
letters which must be retained - "McDonald" and "IBM" for
example.
RIGHT(<text>, <n>) return the rightmost <n> characters of <text>. Remember
that the count of <n> will include trailing spaces.
RTRIM(<text>) return <text> with the trailing spaces removed.
STR(<number>,<m>,<n>) return <number> as a string of <m> characters rounded to
<n> decimals.
STREXTRACT(<text>, returns the characters between the delimiters <begin> and
<begin>, <end>) <end> inside <text>. Additional parameters let you
distinguish between multiple occurences of the delimiters
and choose whether the delimiters are included in the text
which is to be returned. The StrExtract function is very
useful when processing HTML and XML.
STRTOFILE(<filename>) write a string to a file and return the number of bytes
written. Useful in combination with FILETOSTR because
you can read a file from disk into memory, process it, and
write it back out to disk.
STRTRAN(<text>, <a>, replace every occurrence of <a> inside <text> with another
<b>) character or characters <b>.
STUFF(<text>, <m>, <n>, replace <n> characters from position <m> in <text> with
<a>) the character or characters <a>.
TRIM(<text>) identical to RTRIM.
SUBSTR(<text>,<m>,<n>) return <n> characters from within <text> starting at
character <m>.
UPPER(<text>) return <text> in upper case text.