m Library Overview

m comes with roughly 170 basic functions, organized into modules.

These modules give access to the different components of the phone and its operating system, or simply add support for the m language:

module : The builtin functions for type conversion, string and array handling, comparison, and type tests.
module array: Array functions
module audio: Audio functions
module contacts: Contacts database
module digest: Message digests
module encoding: Standard encodings
module files: File and directory access
module graph: Screen graphics
module gsm: GSM information
module io: File and stream input/output
module math: Mathematical functions
module memio: In-Memory Streams and Buffers
module sms: Short messages
module system: System related functions
module time: Time and date functions
module ui: User interface functions

In addition to the above modules, there are modules which are more specialized, offering hundreds of additional functions. However, they are not supported equally well on all devices, or missing from some devices altogether.

module accel: Accelerator Measurements
module agenda: Agenda Database
module app: Application Control
module async: Asynchronous Function Streams
module bigint: Large Integers
module bt: Bluetooth Communication
module cam: Onboard Camera
module comm: Serial Communications
module compass: Magnetometer Measurements
module light: Device Lighting
module location: Location Information
module mail: E-Mail Messages
module mms: Multimedia Messages
module msg: Generic Message Access
module net: TCP/IP Networking
module obex: Object Exchange Client
module phone: Phone Calls
module proc: m Processes
module vibra: Vibration Control
module video: Playing and Recording Videos
module zip: Unpacking ZIP files

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