CLOSE Statement
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 Action

 Concludes I-O to a file, device, or ISAM table.


 Syntax

  CLOSE--#-filenumber%-,-#-filenumber%--...


 Remarks

 The  CLOSE statement complements the  OPEN statement.

 The argument  filenumber% is the number used in the  OPEN statement to open
 the file, device, or ISAM table. A  CLOSE statement with no arguments closes
 all open files and devices, including all open ISAM tables.

 The association of a file, device, or ISAM table with  filenumber% ends when
 a  CLOSE statement is executed. You then can reopen the file, device, or
 table using the same or a different file number.

 Any ISAM operation that closes a table causes transactions to be committed.
 For example, if a type mismatch occurs while you are opening an ISAM table,
 the table is closed and a pending transaction is committed.

 You may wish to code your programs so they first open all tables, then
 perform all transactions, then close tables. Make sure any operation that
 can close a table occurs outside a transaction.

 Using a  CLOSE statement for a file or device that was opened for sequential
 output writes the final buffer of output to that file or device.  CLOSE
 releases all buffer space associated with the closed file, device, or table.


 The  CLEAR,  END,  RESET,  RUN, and  SYSTEM statements, and the  CHAIN
 statement when used with the -O command-line option, also close all files,
 devices, and tables.


 Note

  CLOSE commits any pending ISAM transactions.


 See Also

  END,  OPEN,  RESET,  STOP


 Example

 See the  FREEFILE function programming example, which uses the  CLOSE
 statement.