1 03/12/76   edit string, edit str
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 3 Function:  The string request converts the current file into a
 4 random-access string file.  Each input line, including its line number,
 5 is converted into a separate string and the newline character(s) are
 6 removed.
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 9 Syntax:  edit string N
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13 where N is a number giving the maximum length of any string to be used.