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AS Clause - Different Uses
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To specify a variable's type in a declarative statement or parameter list:
 
    COMMON                                FUNCTION
    DECLARE SUB                           REDIM
    DECLARE FUNCTION                      SHARED
    DEF FN                                STATIC
    DIM                                   SUB
 
To specify an element's type in a user-defined data type:    TYPE
To assign a file number to a file or device:                 OPEN (File I/O)
To specify a field name in a random-access record:           FIELD
To specify a new file name when you rename a file:           NAME