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The <var>$Status</var> function returns a numeric value that indicates the success or failure of the last executed <var>OPEN/OPENC</var> statement, external I/O statement, or program communication statement. </p>
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<th>For a discussion of... </th>
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<td>[[Handling errors in file/group open statements]]</td>
<td>[[Handling errors in file/group open statements|(same)]]</td>
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<td>External I/O statements </td>
<td>[[Images#Reading external files or terminal input|Reading external files or terminal input]]</td>
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<td>Communication statements </td>
<td>[[Program Communication facilities]]</td>
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<td>$RdProc</td>
<td>[[$RdProc]]</td>
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For a list of <var>$Status</var> return values, refer to [[Program Communication facilities#Error handling for TPROCESS statements|Error handling for TPROCESS statements]]. 

The <var>$Status</var> function takes no arguments. 

==Example==
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READ IMAGE ACCT.RECV.REC
    IF $STATUS = 0 THEN
        CALL PROCESS.AR
    ELSE
        LOOPEND
    END IF
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[[Category:SOUL $functions]]