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NEWUNIT = variable
The variable must be a scalar integer variable.
This specifier is permitted only in an OPEN statement that has no UNIT= specifier, and either the FILE= specifier must appear or the STATUS= specifier must appear with the value "SCRATCH".
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If the OPEN is successful, the variable is assigned a negative value that is not equal to -1 and is not the same as any other unit that is currently open.
The purpose of this specifier is to avoid conflicts between unit numbers in unrelated pieces of code; the runtime system keeps track of which units are open, and because the NEWUNIT= values are negative they can never conflict with a user-specified unit number.
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| <Related> |
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OPEN statement,
UNIT= specifier |
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