SETABSTRACTVALUE Statement

Setting the File Attribute
Examples of SETABSTRACTVALUE Statements

The SETABSTRACTVALUE statement causes the file attribute to be set to the abstract value.

<setabstractvalue statement>

── SETABSTRACTVALUE ── ( ──<file designator>───────────────────────────►
►─┬──────────────────────────────────────┬─ , ─────────────────────────►
  └─ ( ──<attribute parameter list>── ) ─┘
►─┬─<arithmetic-valued file attribute name>─┬─ , ──────────────────────►
  ├─<Boolean-valued file attribute name>────┤
  └─<pointer-valued file attribute name>────┘
►─<abstract value mnemonic>── ) ───────────────────────────────────────┤

<attribute parameter list>

  ┌◄───────────── , ────────────┐
──┴─/2\─<arithmetic expression>─┴──────────────────────────────────────┤

ALGOL supports all file attributes and file attribute values described in the File Attributes Programming Reference Manual.

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