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 Allocates space for variables in a random-access file buffer.
 
    FIELD [#]filenumber%, fieldwidth% AS stringvariable$
                        [,fieldwidth% AS stringvariable$] ...
 
    ■ filenumber%       Number specified in the OPEN statement to open a file
 
    ■ fieldwidth%       Number of characters in the field
 
    ■ stringvariable$   String variable containing data read from a record
 
 See Also
    ◄GET Statement (File I/O)►         ◄PUT Statement (File I/O)►
    ◄OPEN Statement (File I/O)►        ◄Random-Access File Variables►