Read data from an input file.
The file is available across all nested procedure files. You can, for
example, issue the READ command from more than one
procedure file.
READ filenumber parametervariable ...
filenumber is a number between 1 and 4.
parametervariable represents one or up to 9 of the following variables:
+PARM1 through
+PARM9 (global)
#PARM1 through
#PARM9 (local)
The result of a READ operation is stored
in these variables.
If you specify only one parametervariable, the entire record is stored in that variable.
If you specify more than one parametervariable, the record is first split into fields that are separated by blanks. The first field in then placed in the first variable, and so on.
If you specify more variables than fields, the unused variables are reset to null. If there are more fields than variables, the last variable contains the rest of the record.
The maximum ASCII record length supported by the
READ command is 255 bytes. Therefore, the maximum
amount of data that can be stored in one
parametervariable is also 255 bytes.
Read input file 1 and store the entire record in a variable:
READ 1 #PARM1
Read input file 2 and store the record in four variables:
READ 2 #PARM1 #PARM2 #PARM3 #PARM4
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#RC (SUCCESS if a record
was read successfully. EOF if the end-of-file marker is reached.
FAILURE if READ was not successful.)
| Procedure File: | Yes |
| Command Line: | No |
| Key: | No |
| API: | No |