Reads a record from a random-access or binary disk file.
GET [ # ] file_number [ , [ record_number ] [ , variable ]]
file_number is the number assigned to the file in its OPEN statement.
record_number is the number of the record desired, from 1 through 2,147,483,647. If you omit a record number, GET reads the next record.
variable is the name of the variable into which GET enters the data. Usually a user-defined record variable is used.
TYPE SalaryRecord
ename AS STRING * 20
salary AS SINGLE
END TYPE
DIM employee AS SalaryRecord
OPEN "SALARY.DAT" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN = LEN(employee)
GET #1, 1, employee
PRINT employee.ename, employee.salary
CLOSE #1