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  - Special Variables
    File Variables
    $apppath
    $input
    $inputhead
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    $inputtail
    Letter Case Variables
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    $cap
    $lowercase
    $mixcap
    $uppercase
    Parser Variables
    $passnum
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    Test Variables
    $end
    $exists
    $start
    $unknown
    Text Variables
    $length
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    $xmltext
- Rule Syntax
  - Rule Syntax
  - Rule Syntax
  - Special Rule Elements
    Special Rule Elements
    Special Rule Elements
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    _xCAP
    _xCTRL
    _xCAPLET
    _xEND
    _xEOF
    _xLET
    _xNIL
    _xNUM
    _xPUNCT
    _xSTART
    _xWHITE
    _xWILD
  - Rule Element Modifiers
    Rule Element Modifiers
    Phrase Element Modifiers
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    Phrase Element Modifiers
    except
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    gp
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    match
    min
    nest
    one
    optional
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    t
    tree
    trig
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    Suggested Element Modifiers
    base
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- Predefined Functions
  - Actions
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    Print Actions
    fileout
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    gdump
    print
    printvar
    prlit
    startout
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    PRE Action
    PRE Action
    PRE Action
    cap
    debug
    length
    lengthr
    lowercase
    regexp
    regexpi
    numrange
    unknown
    uppercase
    var
    vareq
    varne
    varz
    CHECK Action
    CHECK Action
    CHECK Action
    or
    fail
    POST Action
    POST Action
    POST Action
    Node Actions
    pncopyvars
    setbase
    setunsealed
    xrename
    Reduce Actions
    excise
    group
    listadd
    merge
    merger
    noop
    setlookahead
    single
    singler
    singlex
    singlezap
    splice
    Print Actions
    fprintgvar
    fprintnvar
    fprintxvar
    gdump
    ndump
    pranchor
    prchild
    print
    printr
    prlit
    prrange
    prtree
    prxtree
    sdump
    xdump
  - Functions
    Functions
    Functions
    Database Functions
    Table of Database Functions
    dballocstmt
    dbbindcol
    dbclose
    dbexec
    dbexecstmt
    dbfetch
    dbfreestmt
    dbopen
    Formatting and I/O Functions
    Formatting and I/O Functions
    Table of Formatting and I/O Functions
    cbuf
    closefile
    cout
    coutreset
    LJ
    openfile
    percentstr
    rightjustifynum
    today
    Knowledge Base Functions
    Knowledge Base Functions
    Table of KB Functions
    Change
    attrchange
    movecleft
    movecright
    renameattr
    renamechild
    renameconcept
    replaceval
    sortchilds
    sorthier
    Command File
    kbdumptree
    take
    Dictionary
    addword
    dictfindword
    dictgetword
    dictfirst
    dictnext
    findwordpath
    wordindex
    wordpath
    rmword
    Find
    attrexists
    attrname
    attrvals
    attrwithval
    conceptname
    conceptpath
    conval
    dictfindword
    down
    findattr
    findattrs
    findconcept
    findhierconcept
    findroot
    findvals
    findwordpath
    getconcept
    getconval
    getnumval
    getstrval
    getsval
    inheritval
    next
    nextattr
    nextval
    numval
    pathconcept
    prev
    strval
    up
    wordindex
    wordpath
    Make
    addattr
    addconval
    addnumval
    addstrval
    addsval
    addword
    getconcept
    makeconcept
    Phrase and Node
    addcnode
    addnode
    findnode
    findphrase
    firstnode
    lastnode
    listnode
    makephrase
    nodeconcept
    nodeowner
    phraselength
    renamenode
    rmcphrase
    rmnode
    rmphrase
    sortphrase
    Remove
    prunephrases
    rmattr
    rmattrs
    rmattrval
    rmchild
    rmchildren
    rmconcept
    rmval
    rmvals
    rmword
    Math Functions
    Table of Math Functions
    logten
    Parse Tree Functions
    Parse Tree Functions
    Table of Parse Tree Functions
    arraylength
    eltnode
    group
    inputrange
    inputrangetofile
    lasteltnode
    phraseraw
    phrasetext
    pncopyvars
    pndeletechilds
    pndown
    pninsert
    pnmakevar
    pnname
    pnnext
    pnprev
    pnrename
    pnreplaceval
    pnroot
    pnsingletdown
    pnup
    pnvar
    pnvarnames
    varinlist
    Special Functions
    Special Functions
    Table of Special Functions
    batchstart
    debug
    exitpass
    exittopopup
    fail
    findana
    getpopupdata
    hitconf
    interactive
    mkdir
    permuten
    sortconsbyattr
    succeed
    system
    today
    Spelling Functions
    Spelling Functions
    Table of Spelling Functions
    spellcandidates
    spellcorrect
    spellword
    strspellcandidate
    strspellcompare
    String Functions
    String Functions
    Table of String Functions
    deaccent
    flt
    levenshtein
    num
    split
    sqlstr
    stem
    str
    strchar
    strchr
    strchrcount
    strclean
    strcontains
    strcontainsnocase
    strendswith
    strequal
    strequalnocase
    strescape
    strgreaterthan
    strisalpha
    strisdigit
    strislower
    strisupper
    strlength
    strlessthan
    strnotequal
    strnotequalnocase
    strpiece
    strrchr
    strsubst
    strtolower
    strtotitle
    strtoupper
    strtrim
    strunescape
    strwrap
    suffix
    unpackdirs
    xmlstr
    Web Functions
    Table_of_Web_Functions
    resolveurl
    urlbase
    urltofile
Tutorials
Sample Analyzers

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Original VisualText 2 documentation (2001–2013). For the current NLP++ tools, see visualtext.org.

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