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Utility Library
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Utility Library
Utility library is the home for all the OS functions which don't fit in the other libraries. Among the calls in utility library are calls to manage tags and tag lists, callback hooks, and some generic 32-bit math functions, all discussed below.
Function Reference
The tables which follow contain brief descriptions of the functions inside the utility library. See the SDK for details on each function call.
International String Function Reference
The following are brief descriptions of the utility library functions which pertain to string operations using the international ASCII character set.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| Stricmp() | Compare strings, case-insensitive. |
| Strnicmp() | Compare strings, case-insensitive, with specified length. |
| ToLower() | Convert a character to lower case. |
| ToUpper() | Convert a character to upper case. |
Date Function Reference
The following are brief descriptions of the utility library functions which pertain to date conversion.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CheckDate() | Check the legality of a date. |
| Amiga2Date() | Calculate the date from a specified timestamp. |
| Date2Amiga() | Calculate the timestamp from a specified date. |
