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  The WRITE statement releases a logical record to an output or
  input-output file.  It can also position lines vertically on a logical
  page.

  Format 2 -

   WRITE rec-name [ FROM src-item ] [ ALLOWING NO OTHERS ]

      [ INVALID KEY stment ] [ NOT INVALID KEY stment ]

      [ END-WRITE ]

1  –  rec-name

  is the name of a logical record described in the Data Division File
  Section.  It cannot be qualified.  The logical record cannot be in a
  sort-merge file description entry.

2  –  src-item

  is the identifier of the data item that contains the data. If
  src-item is a function-identifier, it must reference an alphanumeric
  function.

3  –  stment

  is an imperative statement.
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