Syntax

Assignment statement syntax

>>-ISREDIT--(varname)-- = --LINE_STATUS--+-linenum-+-----------><
                                         '-label---'   

varname

The name of a variable to contain the status string for the specified line. This is a 32-character variable containing character 1s and 0s:

Characters 1-7 are "source" information.

Character 1

Line is an original record (it existed when the edit session started)

Character 2

Line was created by the Move line command

Character 3

Line was created by the Copy or Repeat line command

Character 4

Line was created by the MOVE primary or macro command

Character 5

Line was created by the COPY primary or macro command

Character 6

Line was created by the TE line command

Character 7

Line was created by the Insert line command

Characters 8-14 are "change" information.

Character 8

Line was changed (one of these characters will also be set to show HOW the line was changed)

Character 9

Data on the line was typed over

Character 10

Data was changed by the CHANGE primary command or the Overlay line command

Character 11

Data was changed by the Column Shift line command [ used the (, ((, ), or )) command]

Character 12

Data was changed by the Data Shift line command [ used the <, <<, >, or >> command]

Character 13

Data was changed by the TE, TF, or TS line command

Character 14

The line was renumbered

Characters 15-32 are reserved for future use.

linenum

A relative line number identifying the data line.

label

A label identifying the data line.