Reserved Characters and Words

Certain characters and words are reserved for special purposes in the Zim software.

Reserved Characters

These characters are sometimes called meta-characters. Reserved characters include

quotation marks (” and ‘) that define and enclose character strings

spaces that are the default field separator (delimiter)

backslashes () that escape other characters

percent signs (%) that mark the start of a comment

question marks (?) that, when not in quotation marks, are a wildcard indicator

braces ({ and }) that mark and enclose case expressions

Reserved Words

You cannot use any reserved word as a database, application, or filename in Zim. Reserved words include

any automatically generated filename in the form

prefix_99999

where prefix is a name automatically generated by Zim

the strings, words, command and function names found in the following table

$absolute	$toupper	inout
$acos	$tovirtual	input
$adddays	$translate	insert
$addhours	$trim	intersect
$addminutes	$truncate	into
$addmonths	$ttrim	is
$addseconds	$userfunction	keep
$addticks	$usrfn1	label
$addweeks	$usrfn2	leftmargin
$addyears	$usrfn3	let
$and	$value	level
$ansitodos	$weekday	li
$asin	$wrap	like
$atan	$year	line
$atan2	access	list
$average	across	local
$browsefile	activate	localprocedure
$center	add	locate
$centre	all	login
$chop	always	mask
$compilestatus	and	max
$concat	any	maximize
$cos	append	menu
$cosh	as	messages
$count	ascending	method
$currentmember	at	min
$day	avg	minimize
$dayname	background	minus
$ddefunction	begin	mousepointer
$delete	between	move
$dirpath	border	newline
$distinct	bottom	newpage
$dostoansi	bottommargin	next
$errmsg	breakable	noprint
$eventparameter	bye	not
$exist$	call	null
$exp	case	objectevent
$filebrowse	center	off
$filenum	centre	oldline
$filepath	change	on
$fileprint	class	open
$fill	clearscreen	or
$fn	close	order
$getproperty	column	otherwise
$hours	columnbreak	output
$insert	columnspacing	owner
$isalphabetic	commit	page
$isalphanumeric	compile	pagelines
$isdate	complete	pagesize
$isdigits	compute	pagewidth
$islower	connect	parse
$isnumber	const	password
$isnumeric	constant	pause
$isodd	continue	pencolor
$isupper	count	permission
$iswinopen	create$$	pointsize
$iszimname	currentset	previous
$java	cursor	print
$lastmember	deactivate	procedure
$left	deadlock	prompt
$leftjustify	decrypt	quittransaction
$length	defaulttype	read
$log	define	relationship
$log10	delete	release
$ltrim	dependency	remoteexec
$mask	descending	rename
$max	detail	report
$maxof	directory	required
$messagebox	disconnect	reset
$min	display	restore
$minof	dispose	return
$minutes	distinct	right
$modulus	document	role
$money	down	rollback
$month	dynamiclist	save
$monthname	edit	screen
$not	else	scroll
$null	elseif	selectivity
$objcreate	encrypt	serverexec
$objdestroy	end	set
$objgetproperty	endcase	size
$objrunmethod	endclass	sleep
$objsetproperty	endif	some
$objstatus	endmethod	sorted
$objsubroutine	endon	spaces
$oleinsertdialog	endprocedure	span
$oleobjectattrs	endreport	startcase
$or	endtransaction	statusbartext
$pagesetup	endwhile	stop
$paintfunction	ent	sum
$position	enter	suppress
$printersetup	entityset	system
$random	erase	to
$replace	errors	toolbar
$replicate	evaluate	top
$right	exception	topmargin
$rightclickmenu	exec	transaction
$rightjustify	exists	transform
$round	expose	transmit
$screenprint	field	trim
$screensave	fillcolor	uncompile
$seconds	find	underline
$sendtoserver	fld	union
$serverfunction	flow	unrelated
$setproperty	focus	up
$sin	font	update
$sinh	fontsize	using
$sn	footing	values
$soundex	for	variable
$sqrt	foreground	verb
$squeeze	form	warnings
$substring	format	wh
$sysdirid	from	width
$sysseqno	functionkeys	when
$tan	generate	where
$tanh	goto	while
$ticks	graph	width
$toalpha	group	window
$tocharacter	having	work
$tochr	headings	wrap
$todate	help	xor
$tolower	hide	xref
$tonumber	if
$toord	immediately
$total	in

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ZIM Language Reference

Reserved Characters and Words