github.com/Ilhicas/nomad@v1.0.4-0.20210304152020-e86851182bc3/website/content/docs/job-specification/hcl2/functions/index.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: Functions - Configuration Language 4 sidebar_title: Functions 5 description: |- 6 The HCL language has a number of built-in functions that can be called 7 from within expressions to transform and combine values. 8 --- 9 10 # Built-in Functions 11 12 The HCL language includes a number of built-in functions that you can 13 call from within expressions to transform and combine values. The general 14 syntax for function calls is a function name followed by comma-separated 15 arguments in parentheses: 16 17 ```hcl 18 max(5, 12, 9) 19 ``` 20 21 The HCL language does not support user-defined functions, and so only 22 the functions built in to the language are available for use. The navigation 23 for this section includes a list of all of the available built-in functions.