====== SELECT ======

==== Purpose ====

Used to set system parameters indicating that a select list is active. This information is used by subsequent [[READNEXT_MFS_CODE|READNEXT]] logic.
 
==== Arguments ====

^Argument^Input/Output^Value^
|CODE|Input|7|
| |Output|unchanged|
|BFS|Input|BFS List|
| |Output|unchanged|
|HANDLE|Input|File Handle|
| |Output|unchanged|
|NAME|Input|Extended selects pass first sort field, otherwise null|
| |Output|unchanged|
|FMC|Input|null|
| |Output|Latent index sorts return first sort field, otherwise FMC contains the select pointer|
|RECORD|Input|0|
| |Output|Select mode|
|STATUS|Input|null|
| |Output|Returns true for non-index-based selects if the select initialization was successful.  Returns null for latent index selects.|

==== Note ====
 
Latent index selects, and argument values associated with these, are a function of SI.MFS, and not of the underlying BFS. For instance, the select mode value of 2 returned in the RECORD argument returns from SI.MFS.  To disable a SELECT (cause subsequent READNEXT operations to fall through ELSE branch), RECORD should be set to false.

==== Called by ====

BASIC+ [[Select|SELECT statement]]