Answer:

The data would be lost when the OPEN statement created a new file of the same name.

Run of the Program

Here is a run of the program. Notice that no output from the program has been sent to the screen.

Screen with no output

However, the characters did go to a file. Here is a DOS window who's default directory contains the program.

typing file contents

The DIR command shows the time and date of the file's creation. The TYPE command sends the characters in the file to the DOS screen.

QUESTION 9:

Is the tile MYFILE.TXT which the program created an ordinary text file?

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