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arab2roman Constructs a Roman numeric representation of a given integer (which should be typed as a real, not a string) between 1 and 3,999,999.	By Daniel January 11, 2009
draw_text_progressive Draws some text progressively, with a given delay between each character. The user can hold down a key (shift by default) to speed up the progression, or another key (space by...	By Daniel December 30, 2008
draw_text_wave Draws some text in the pattern of a wave with the given magnitude	By Daniel January 3, 2009
draw_text_wordwrapped An efficient method for drawing multiple lines of text with word wrapping. The arguments are identical to those used in draw_text_ext.	By Daniel December 25, 2008
ds_grid_repr Returns a string representation of the given grid	By Daniel December 29, 2008
ds_list_repr Returns a string representation of a list in the form [E1, E2, ...]. Useful for debugging.	By Daniel December 26, 2008
ds_map_repr Returns a string representation of the given map	By Daniel December 29, 2008
ds_priority_repr Returns a string representation of the given priority queue	By Daniel December 29, 2008
ds_queue_repr Returns a string representation of the given queue	By Daniel December 29, 2008
ds_stack_repr Returns a string representation of the given stack	By Daniel December 29, 2008
is_palindromic Tests whether the given string is palindromic	By Daniel December 24, 2008
random_letter Returns a randomly-chosen consonant or vowel	By Daniel December 24, 2008
random_word Generates a random word. The result may not be an actual dictionary term, but it should have a natural sound (resulting from a good consonant/vowel arrangement)....	By Daniel December 24, 2008
string_confine_length Trims characters from the end of a string until it is no longer than max_length. If trimming is necessary, the suffix (typically "...") will be appended on to the end of the string....	By Daniel January 7, 2009
string_confine_width Trims characters from the end of a string until it is no wider than max_width. If trimming is necessary, the suffix (typically "...") will be appended on to the end of the string....	By Daniel January 7, 2009
string_explode Breaks apart a string into a list of pieces separated by delimiter	By Daniel December 24, 2008
string_generate Generate a string based on the given format, mimicking the behavior of printf in other languages. This is a simplified version of the routine, so it only supports the following...	By Daniel January 11, 2009
string_implode Joins together multiple strings (pieces) into one combined string	By Daniel December 24, 2008
string_invert_case Inverts the case of some string, making all the lowercase letters uppercase and vice-versa.	By Daniel January 11, 2009
string_pad Pads some string to a certain length by applying some pad string on the direction of choice.	By Daniel January 11, 2009
string_reverse Reverses the characters in a string	By Daniel December 24, 2008
string_ROT13 "Encrypts" a string using the classic rot13 algorithm. (See ROT13 on Wikipedia.)	By Daniel December 30, 2008
string_scramble Scrambles the characters in a string	By Daniel December 27, 2008
string_soundex Returns the Soundex code of some string	By Daniel January 11, 2009
string_split Splits a string into parts of size part_size and returns the pieces in a ds_list. For example, string_split("abcdefg", 2) yields [ab, cd, ef, g].	By Daniel January 11, 2009
string_trim Removes whitespace from both sides of a string	By Daniel December 25, 2008
string_ucfirst Converts the first character of a string to uppercase	By Daniel December 25, 2008
string_ucwords Converts the first character of each word in a string to uppercase	By Daniel December 26, 2008
timediff Returns a string describing the given time interval (dt) in English. For example, timediff(10006060*34) will give "one day, ten hours".	By Daniel January 9, 2009
toString Generates a string representation of an integer using the specified base	By Daniel March 21, 2009

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