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REWRITE (↑ Statements)
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  Verb:         REWRITE
 
  Function:     Replaces an existing record in a file with an updated
                copy of the same record.
 
  Syntax:       Which format?  Sequential   Relative & indexed
 
     ──REWRITE record-name─┬───────────────────┬─────
                             └─FROM identifier-1─┘
 
     ─┬──────────────────────────────────────┬────────
       └─INVALID─┬───┬─imperative-statement-1─┘
                 └KEY┘
 
     ─┬──────────────────────────────────────────┬────
       └─NOT INVALID─┬───┬─imperative-statement-2─┘
                     └KEY┘
 
     ─┬─────────────┬──
       └─END-REWRITE─┘
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