READ (↑ Statements)
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Verb: READ
Function: Gets a record from a file. In sequential access this
will be the next or previous record; in random access,
it will be a specified record.
Syntax: Which format? ◄Sequential► NEXT/PREVIOUS
◄Relative key► ◄Record key►
►►──READ file-name-1─┬──────────┬─RECORD─┬───────────────────┬─►
├─NEXT─────┤ └─INTO identifier-1─┘
└─PREVIOUS─┘
►─┬────────────────────────┬────────────────────►
└─┬────┬─┬────────┬─LOCK─┘
└WITH┘ ├─KEPT───┤
├─NO─────┤
├─IGNORE─┤
└─WAIT───┘
►─┬─────────────────────────────────┬─────────►
└─┬──┬─END imperative-statement-1─┘
└AT┘
►─┬─────────────────────────────────────┬─────►
└─NOT─┬──┬─END imperative-statement-2─┘
└AT┘
►─┬──────────┬──►◄
└─END-READ─┘
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