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  Verb:         RETURN
 
  Function:     Gets records from the final phase of a sort operation
                or merged records during a merge operation.
 
  Syntax:
 
     ──RETURN file-name-1─┬──────┬─┬───────────────────┬──
                            └RECORD┘ └─INTO identifier-1─┘
 
     ─┬────────────────────────────────┬─────────
       └┬──┬─END imperative-statement-1─┘
        └AT┘
 
     ─┬─────────────────────────────────────┬────
       └─NOT─┬──┬─END imperative-statement-2─┘
             └AT┘
 
     ─┬────────────┬──
       └─END-RETURN─┘
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