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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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