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Performs different actions as part of several statements:
 
    ■ Specifies a variable type when used in the COMMON, DECLARE, DEF FN,
      DIM, FUNCTION, REDIM, SHARED, STATIC, and SUB statements.
    ■ Specifies an element type in a user-defined data type when used in
      the TYPE statement.
    ■ Assigns a file number to a file or device when used in the OPEN
      statement.
    ■ Specifies a field name when used in the FIELD statement.
    ■ Specifies a new file name when used in the NAME statement.
 
See Also    COMMON    DECLARE     DEF FN    DIM, REDIM
            FIELD     FUNCTION    NAME      OPEN
            SHARED, STATIC          SUB       TYPE