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# Utility API

### Reference Sections

#### Files & Directories

Functions for creating, checking, reading and modifying files and directories.

See **Files & Directories**.

#### Strings

Functions for checking string content, matching complete words and converting character case.

See **Strings**.

#### Encoding & Binary Data

Functions for Base64 encoding, HMAC-SHA1 generation and converting byte values into numeric data.

See **Encoding & Binary Data**.

#### System & Application

Functions for system information, environment variables, time, clipboard access and launching or closing applications.

See **System & Application**.