The formatted sequential READ statement performs the following
operations:
- It reads character data from one or more external records
accessed under the keyed (VMS only)
or sequential mode of access.
- It translates the data from character to binary form by
using format specifications to provide editing.
- It assigns the translated data to the elements in the I/O
list, in the order, from left to right, in which those elements
appear in the list.
If the number of I/O list elements in a statement is less than
the number of fields in an input record, the statement ignores the
excess fields.
For More Information:
For details on combining formatted sequential READ statements and
indexed READ statements under the keyed mode of access (VMS
only), see Section 7.2.3.
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