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  Verb:         READ
 
  Function:     Gets a record from a file. In sequential access this
                will be the next or previous record; in random access,
                it will be a specified record.
 
  Syntax:       Which format?   Sequential     ◄NEXT/PREVIOUS►
                               ◄Relative key►  ◄Record key►
 
     ►►──READ file-name-1─┬──────┬─┬──────┬─┬───────────────────┬─►
                          └─NEXT─┘ └RECORD┘ └─INTO identifier-1─┘
 
     ►─┬────────────────────────┬─────►
       └─┬────┬─┬────────┬─LOCK─┘
         └WITH┘ ├─KEPT───┤
                ├─NO─────┤
                ├─IGNORE─┤
                └─WAIT───┘
     ►─┬─────────────────────────────────┬─────────►
       └─┬──┬─END imperative-statement-1─┘
         └AT┘
 
     ►─┬─────────────────────────────────────┬─────►
       └─NOT─┬──┬─END imperative-statement-2─┘
             └AT┘
 
     ►─┬──────────┬──►◄
       └─END-READ─┘
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