LSET - a file I/O statement that moves data from memory to a random-access file buffer (in preparation for a PUT statement), left-justifies the value of a string in a string variable, or copies one record variable to another. Tip: LSET is a way of copying one record to another without regard to datatype equivalence. Syntax LSET {stringvariable=stringexpression | stringexpression1=stringexpression2} - stringvariable is any string variable - stringexpression is the value assigned to stringvariable and left-justified See Also