LSET, RSET Statements
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Moves data into a random-access file buffer (in preparation for a PUT
statement) and left- or right-justifies the value of a string variable; LSET
also copies the contents of one record variable to another.
LSET stringvariable$ = stringexpression$
LSET recordvariable1 = recordvariable2
RSET stringvariable$ = stringexpression$
■ stringvariable$ Any string variable or random-access file field
defined in a FIELD statement
■ stringexpression$ For RSET, the right-justified version of
stringvariable$; for LSET, the left-justified
version of stringvariable$
■ recordvariable1 Record variables of any user-defined data type;
recordvariable2 use LSET to assign a record variable of one data
type to a different user-defined data type
See Also
◄FIELD Statement► ◄PUT Statement (File I/O)►
◄Random-Access File Variables►