The equate statement is a compiler directive that declares a constant at compile time or a synonym of another variable or array element.
equate symbol to char(constant) {,var to exp...}
equate symbol to var
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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) ... read array from file,ID... amcmax = dcount(array,attribute.mark) ... if ctr=pagemax then print form.feed crt ring.bell: end ...