diff --git a/src/builtins.rs b/src/builtins.rs
index f333097..2789712 100644
--- a/src/builtins.rs
+++ b/src/builtins.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ pub enum Function {
     DataUrl,
     DateTime,
     Shlex,
+    Func,
     FromJson,
     ToJson,
     VarDump,
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ static_map!(
     ["path", Function::Path],
     ["datetime", Function::DateTime],
     ["shlex", Function::Shlex],
+    ["func", Function::Func],
     ["http_get", Function::HttpGet],
     ["http_post", Function::HttpPost],
     ["s3_get", Function::S3Get],
@@ -650,6 +652,7 @@ impl Function {
             DataUrl => (smallvec![Str], MapStrStr),
             DateTime => (smallvec![Str], MapStrInt),
             Shlex => (smallvec![Str], MapIntStr),
+            Func => (smallvec![Str], MapIntStr),
             HttpGet => (smallvec![Str, MapStrStr], MapStrStr),
             HttpPost => (smallvec![Str, MapStrStr, Str ], MapStrStr),
             S3Get => (smallvec![Str, Str], Str),
@@ -730,7 +733,7 @@ impl Function {
             Whoami | Os | OsFamily | Arch | Pwd | UserHome => 0,
             Exit | ToUpper | ToLower | Clear | Srand | System | HexToInt | ToInt | EscapeCSV
             | EscapeTSV | Close | Length  | ReadErr | ReadErrCmd | Nextline | NextlineCmd
-            | Uuid | SnowFlake |  Fend | Url | SemVer | Path | DataUrl | DateTime | Shlex | ToJson | FromJson | ToCsv | FromCsv | TypeOfVariable | IsArray | Unop(_) => 1,
+            | Uuid | SnowFlake |  Fend | Url | SemVer | Path | DataUrl | DateTime | Shlex | Func | ToJson | FromJson | ToCsv | FromCsv | TypeOfVariable | IsArray | Unop(_) => 1,
             SetFI | SubstrIndex | Match | Setcol | Binop(_) => 2,
             JoinCSV | JoinTSV | Delete | Contains => 2,
             DefaultIfEmpty => 2,
@@ -840,7 +843,7 @@ impl Function {
                     val: BaseTy::Int
                 }.abs())
             }
-            Shlex => {
+            Shlex | Func => {
                 Ok(Map {
                     key: BaseTy::Int,
                     val: BaseTy::Str
diff --git a/src/bytecode.rs b/src/bytecode.rs
index 30cbdb8..01e023e 100644
--- a/src/bytecode.rs
+++ b/src/bytecode.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Instr<'a> {
     DataUrl(Reg<runtime::StrMap<'a, Str<'a>>>, Reg<Str<'a>>),
     DateTime(Reg<runtime::StrMap<'a, Int>>, Reg<Str<'a>>),
     Shlex(Reg<runtime::IntMap<Str<'a>>>, Reg<Str<'a>>),
+    Func(Reg<runtime::IntMap<Str<'a>>>, Reg<Str<'a>>),
     Uniq(Reg<runtime::IntMap<Str<'a>>>, Reg<runtime::IntMap<Str<'a>>>, Reg<Str<'a>>),
     TypeOfArray(Reg<Str<'a>>),
     TypeOfNumber(Reg<Str<'a>>),
@@ -669,6 +670,10 @@ impl<'a> Instr<'a> {
                 dst.accum(&mut f);
                 text.accum(&mut f);
             }
+            Func(dst, text) => {
+                dst.accum(&mut f);
+                text.accum(&mut f);
+            }
             HttpGet(dst, url,headers) => {
                 dst.accum(&mut f);
                 url.accum(&mut f);
diff --git a/src/codegen/intrinsics.rs b/src/codegen/intrinsics.rs
index 6c5fbd4..24f16e5 100644
--- a/src/codegen/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/intrinsics.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::runtime::{self, printf::{printf, FormatArg}, splitter::{
     batch::{ByteReader, CSVReader, WhitespaceOffsets},
     chunk::{ChunkProducer, OffsetChunk},
     regex::RegexSplitter,
-}, ChainedReader, FileRead, Float, Int, IntMap, Line, LineReader, RegexCache, Str, StrMap, math_util};
+}, ChainedReader, FileRead, Float, Int, IntMap, Line, LineReader, RegexCache, Str, StrMap, math_util, string_util};
 use crate::{
     builtins::Variable,
     common::{CancelSignal, Cleanup, FileSpec, Notification, Result},
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ pub(crate) fn register_all(cg: &mut impl Backend) -> Result<()> {
         [ReadOnly] data_url(str_ref_ty) -> map_ty;
         [ReadOnly] datetime(str_ref_ty) -> map_ty;
         [ReadOnly] shlex(str_ref_ty) -> map_ty;
+        [ReadOnly] func(str_ref_ty) -> map_ty;
         [ReadOnly] sqlite_query(str_ref_ty, str_ref_ty) -> map_ty;
         [ReadOnly] sqlite_execute(str_ref_ty, str_ref_ty) -> int_ty;
         [ReadOnly] mysql_query(str_ref_ty, str_ref_ty) -> map_ty;
@@ -1304,6 +1305,12 @@ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn shlex(text: *mut U128) -> *mut c_void {
     mem::transmute::<IntMap<Str>, *mut c_void>(res)
 }
 
+pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn func(text: *mut U128) -> *mut c_void {
+    let text = &*(text as *mut Str);
+    let res = string_util::func(text.as_str());
+    mem::transmute::<IntMap<Str>, *mut c_void>(res)
+}
+
 pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn sqlite_query(db_path: *mut U128, sql: *mut U128) -> *mut c_void {
     let db_path = &*(db_path as *mut Str);
     let sql = &*(sql as *mut Str);
diff --git a/src/codegen/mod.rs b/src/codegen/mod.rs
index ce49538..64c3969 100644
--- a/src/codegen/mod.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/mod.rs
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ pub(crate) trait CodeGenerator: Backend {
                 self.bind_val(dst.reflect(), resv)
             }
             Shlex(dst,text) => self.unop(intrinsic!(shlex), dst, text),
+            Func(dst,text) => self.unop(intrinsic!(func), dst, text),
             SqliteQuery(dst,db_path,sql) => {
                 let db_path = self.get_val(db_path.reflect())?;
                 let sql = self.get_val(sql.reflect())?;
diff --git a/src/compile.rs b/src/compile.rs
index fa86594..8e03bc0 100644
--- a/src/compile.rs
+++ b/src/compile.rs
@@ -2080,6 +2080,11 @@ impl<'a, 'b> View<'a, 'b> {
                     self.pushl(LL::Shlex(res_reg.into(), conv_regs[0].into()))
                 }
             }
+            Func => {
+                if res_reg != UNUSED {
+                    self.pushl(LL::Func(res_reg.into(), conv_regs[0].into()))
+                }
+            }
             HttpGet => {
                 if res_reg != UNUSED {
                     self.pushl(LL::HttpGet(res_reg.into(), conv_regs[0].into(), conv_regs[1].into()))
diff --git a/src/dataflow.rs b/src/dataflow.rs
index e30f46b..94058d5 100644
--- a/src/dataflow.rs
+++ b/src/dataflow.rs
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ pub(crate) mod boilerplate {
             DataUrl(dst, src) => f(dst.into(), Some(src.into())),
             DateTime(dst, timestamp) => f(dst.into(), Some(timestamp.into())),
             Shlex(dst, text) => f(dst.into(), Some(text.into())),
+            Func(dst, text) => f(dst.into(), Some(text.into())),
             FromJson(dst, src) => f(dst.into(), Some(src.into())),
             MapIntIntToJson(dst, arr) => f(dst.into(), Some(arr.into())),
             MapIntFloatToJson(dst, arr) => f(dst.into(), Some(arr.into())),
diff --git a/src/display.rs b/src/display.rs
index 07b321c..fa3a140 100644
--- a/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/display.rs
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ impl Display for Function {
             DataUrl => write!(f, "data_url"),
             DateTime => write!(f, "datetime"),
             Shlex => write!(f, "shlex"),
+            Func => write!(f, "func"),
             HttpGet => write!(f, "http_get"),
             HttpPost => write!(f, "http_post"),
             S3Get => write!(f, "s3_get"),
diff --git a/src/interp.rs b/src/interp.rs
index c0010f7..d7278ef 100644
--- a/src/interp.rs
+++ b/src/interp.rs
@@ -855,6 +855,12 @@ impl<'a, LR: LineReader> Interp<'a, LR> {
                         let dst = *dst;
                         *self.get_mut(dst) = res;
                     }
+                    Func(dst, text) => {
+                        let text = index(&self.strs, text);
+                        let res = runtime::string_util::func(text.as_str());
+                        let dst = *dst;
+                        *self.get_mut(dst) = res;
+                    }
                     HttpGet(dst, url, headers) => {
                         let url = index(&self.strs, url);
                         let headers = self.get(*headers);