Performs different actions as part of several statements: - Specifies a variable type when used in the COMMON, DECLARE, DEF FN, DIM, FUNCTION, REDIM, SHARED, STATIC, and SUB statements. - Specifies an element type in a user-defined data type when used in the TYPE statement. - Assigns a file number to a file or device when used in the OPEN statement. - Specifies a field name when used in the FIELD statement. - Specifies a new file name when used in the NAME statement. See Also