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NEXT

Format: NEXT(field)
Parameters: field is a field's number preceded by a # or a field's label from the current file or Multiple.
Use: This function returns the value for the field identified by field in the next entry. The next entry is determined by internal entry number. No analysis of the value of entries is done. If there are no more entries, the function returns null.
Example: NEXT(AGE AT ONSET)=> 56 [the value of AGE AT ONSET for the next entry in the Subfile]

 


Reviewed/Updated: March 4, 2007