equate statement

equate symbol to char(constant) {,var to exp...}
equate symbol to var

The equate statement can also be used to assign meaningful variable names to array elements. Once equate has been used to assign a value to a symbol, the variable cannot be used as a variable and cannot be reassigned a value. equate definitions must be placed before any usage of the equated symbols. Failure to do so can generate compile-time errors.

equ form.feed to char(12)
equ ring.bell to char(7)
equ attribute.mark to char(254)
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read array from file,ID...
amcmax = dcount(array,attribute.mark)
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if ctr=pagemax then
   print form.feed
   crt ring.bell:
end
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