ADVANCE

Moves the cursor of a random-access file forward by a number of data items (fields?), even through different records

Implemented by: hptsb

With variations:

Also written as:

The ADVANCE statement as implemented by HP Time-Shared BASIC requires:

• a file handler/number, followed by a semicolon
• an integer "skip count" or expression which tells the number of items to advance
• an integer variable which will receive information about the execution:
  • 0 if the movement could be performed without problems
  • the number of items which could not be jumped due to an End-Of-File mark

''230 ADVANCE #3; 10, R''