cobol ACCEPT statement ACCEPT statement
Example
ACCEPT variable.
ACCEPT variable FROM CONSOLE.
ACCEPT variable FROM ENVIRONMENT "path".
ACCEPT variable FROM COMMAND-LINE.
ACCEPT variable FROM ARGUMENT-NUMBER
ACCEPT variable FROM ARGUMENT-VALUE
ACCEPT variable AT 0101.
ACCEPT screen-variable.
ACCEPT today FROM DATE.
ACCEPT today FROM DATE YYYYMMDD.
ACCEPT thetime FROM TIME.
ACCEPT theday FROM DAY.
ACCEPT theday FROM DAY YYYYDDD.
ACCEPT weekday FROM DAY-OF-WEEK.
ACCEPT thekey FROM ESCAPE KEY.
ACCEPT username FROM USER NAME.
ACCEPT exception-stat FROM EXCEPTION STATUS.
ACCEPT some-data FROM device-name.
See http://open-cobol.sourceforge.net/faq/index.html#accept for more details.
