If you look in System.pas, you won’t find a High() or Low() function that is declared anything like what you would expect. These functions and procedures are called compiler “magic” functions.
This list enumerate the intrinsic routines exposed by the System unit. These intrinsic routines are actually handled by the compiler rather then the run-time library.
Original list http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Delphi_Intrinsic_Routines
System.Abs | Returns an absolute value. |
System.Addr | Returns a pointer to a specified object. |
System.Append | Prepares an existing file for adding text to the end. |
System.Assert | Tests whether a Boolean expression is true. |
System.Assigned | Tests for a nil (unassigned) pointer or procedural variable. |
System.Assign | Associates the name of an external file with a file variable. |
System.AssignFile | Associates the name of an external file with a file variable. |
System.BlockRead | Reads one or more records from an open file into a variable. |
System.BlockWrite | Writes one or more records from a variable to an open file. |
System.Break | Causes the flow of control to exit a for, while, or repeat statement. |
System.Chr | Returns the character for a specified ASCII value. |
System.Close | Terminates the association between a file variable and an external file. |
System.CloseFile | Terminates the association between file variable and an external disk file. |
System.Concat | Concatenates two or more strings into one. |
System.Continue | Allows the flow of control to proceed to the next iteration of for, while, or repeat statements. |
System.Copy | Returns a substring of a string or a segment of a dynamic array. |
System.Dec | Decrements a variable by 1 or N. |
System.Default | Returns the default value for generic type. |
System.Delete | Removes a substring from a string. |
System.Dispose | Releases memory allocated for a dynamic variable. |
System.Eof | Tests whether the file position is at the end of a file. |
System.Eoln | Tests whether the file pointer is at the end of a line. |
System.Erase | Deletes an external file. |
System.Exclude | Removes an element from a Delphi set. |
System.Exit | Exits from the current procedure. |
System.FilePos | Returns the current file position. |
System.FileSize | Returns the number of records in a file. |
System.FillChar | Fills contiguous bytes with a specified value. |
System.Finalize | Uninitializes a dynamically allocated variable. |
System.Flush | Empties the buffer of a text file opened for output. |
System.FreeMem | FreeMem frees a memory block. |
System.GetMem | GetMem allocates a memory block. |
System.Halt | Initiates abnormal termination of a program. |
System.Hi | Returns the high-order byte of X as an unsigned value. |
System.High | Returns the highest value in the range of an argument. |
System.Inc | Increments an ordinal value by one or N. |
System.Include | Adds an element to a Delphi set. |
System.Initialize | Initializes a dynamically allocated variable. |
System.Insert | Inserts a substring into a string beginning at a specified point. |
System.Length | Returns the number of characters in a string or elements in an array. |
System.Lo | Returns the low order Byte of argument X. |
System.Low | Returns the lowest value in a range. |
System.New | Creates a new dynamic variable and sets P to point to it. |
System.Odd | Returns true if argument is an odd number. |
System.Pi | Returns 3.1415926535897932385. |
System.Pred | Returns the predecessor of the argument. |
System.Ptr | Converts a specified address to a pointer. |
System.Read | Read reads data from a file. |
System.ReadLn | Reads a line of text from a file. |
System.ReallocMem | ReallocMem reallocates a memory block. |
System.Rename | Changes the name of an external file. |
System.Reset | Opens an existing file. |
System.Rewrite | Creates a new file and opens it. |
System.Round | Returns the value of X rounded to the nearest whole number. |
System.RunError | Stops execution and generates a runtime error. |
System.Seek | Moves the current position of a file to a specified component. |
System.SeekEof | Returns the end-of-file status of a file, ignoring whitespace. |
System.SeekEoln | Returns the end-of-line status of a file, ignoring whitespace. |
System.SetLength | Sets the length of a string or dynamic-array variable. |
System.SetString | Sets the contents and length of the given string. |
System.SizeOf | Returns the number of bytes occupied by a variable or type. |
System.Slice | Returns a sub-section of an array. |
System.Sqr | Returns the square of a number. |
System.Str | Formats a string and returns it to a variable. |
System.Succ | Returns the successor of an argument. |
System.Swap | Exchanges high order byte with the low order byte of an integer or word. |
System.Trunc | Truncates a real number to an integer. |
System.TypeHandle | Returns the RTTI information for a given type. |
System.TypeInfo | Returns the RTTI information for a given type. |
System.TypeOf | Deprecated routine. |
System.Val | Converts a string to a numeric representation. |
System.VarCast | Converts a variant to specified type. |
System.VarCopy | Copies a Variant to another Variant. |
System.Write | Writes to either a typed file or a text file |
System.WriteLn | Writes to a text file and adds an end-of-line marker. |