provides the standard C function
.IR strcmp (3).
.TP
+\fBlength\fP(\fIs\fP : \fBstring\fP) : \fBint\fP
+returns the length of string \fIs\fP.
+.TP
\fBindex\fP(\fIs\fP : \fBstring\fP, \fIt\fP : \fBstring\fP) : \fBint\fP
.TP
\fBrindex\fP(\fIs\fP : \fBstring\fP, \fIt\fP : \fBstring\fP) : \fBint\fP
angle bracket quotes should not be part of \fIs\fP. These will be added if
\fIg\fP is written in concrete DOT format.
.TP
+\fBishtml\fP(\fIs\fP : \fBstring\fP) : \fBint\fP
+returns non-zero if and only if \fIs\fP is an HTML string.
+.TP
\fBxOf\fP(\fIs\fP : \fBstring\fP) : \fBstring\fP
returns the string "\fIx\fP" if \fIs\fP has the form "\fIx\fP,\fIy\fP",
where both \fIx\fP and \fIy\fP are numeric.