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Target = REFERENCE (RF), EXTERNAL ECHO (XE)
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Retrieves a record from a file. If PRAGMA cannot find the specified record,
the EXTERNAL ECHO will contain a "record not found" message and no record
in the file will be retrieved.
After accessing the file the reference of the record is written to the target
noun REFERENCE. EXTERNAL ECHO contains the status message of the access.
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EXTERNAL GET reference CHOICE in file FILE
CHOICE can be a noun, number or an expression that identifies the record you
want to access. FILE is the name of the file that is to be accessed.
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SEE ALSO: EXTERNAL BEGIN / EXTERNAL GET THIS
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