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PRAGMA PROGRAM REFERENCE MANUAL
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Index
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All Operation
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Expand All ADDENDUM
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EXTERNAL BEGIN
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XB
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Standard Verb
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External File Access Operation
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Target = EXTERNAL ECHO (XE)
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Positions a file pointer directly ahead of the record referenced by NAME.
EXTERNAL BEGIN merely positions a file pointer, so that the subsequent EXTER-
NAL GET NEXT will access the record. If the file does not contain a record
with the referenced expression, the EXTERNAL GET NEXT statement will access
the next existing record in the file.
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EXTERNAL BEGIN at position NAME in file FILE
NAME identifies the record that you want to access. It can be a noun or an
expression.
FILE is the name that contains the record.
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SEE ALSO: EXTERNAL GET NEXT / EXTERNAL BEGIN THIS
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