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 Random Access Vs. Sequential Access
 
 ■ "Random access" is a type of file access used for files whose data is
   organized into discrete records of fixed length. Records can be accessed
   in any order.
   See: ◄GET Statement (File I/O)►  ◄LEN Function►    ◄OPEN Statement►
        ◄PUT Statement (File I/O)►  ◄TYPE Statement►
 
 ■ "Sequential access" is a type of file access used for text files and
   variable-length record files. The records must be accessed in a
   particular order. Numbers in a sequential-access file are represented
   by character strings, just as words are.
   See: ◄CLOSE Statement►  ◄INPUT$ Function►  ◄INPUT # Statement►
        ◄LINE Statement►   ◄OPEN Statement►   ◄PRINT # Statement►