Takes data keyed at the console or supplied by the operating system and makes it available to the program in a specified data
                  item. 
                  	  
               
            
 
            	 
             
            	 
            
               accept-statement
 
               		 
               		
                
               		
               Note: Other formats of this statement are available. See 
                  
Statements in the 
                  
COBOL Language Reference.