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  Verb:         ACCEPT
 
  Function:     Gets data from a physical device, such as the keyboard,
                or from the operating system.
 
  Syntax:       Which format?  ◄Line at a time►  ◄FROM DATE etc►
                                Screen item      ◄Full screen►
                               ◄FROM line/key►   ◄Message►
 
  ►►───ACCEPT screen-name────────────────────────────────►
 
  ►┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬►
   ├─AT─┬─────────────────────────────┬─┬────────────────────────────────┬┤
   │    └─LINE─┬──────┬┬─identifier-1─┤ ├─COLUMN─┬┬──────┬┬─identifier-2─┤│
   │           └NUMBER┘└─integer-1────┘ └─COL────┘└NUMBER┘└─integer-2────┘│
   │                                                                      │
   └─AT─┬─identifier-3─┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
        └─integer-3────┘
 
  ►─┬──────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────►
    └┬──┬─┬─EXCEPTION─┬─imperative-statement-1─┘
     └ON┘ └─ESCAPE────┘
 
  ►─┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┬────►
    └─NOT─┬──┬─┬─EXCEPTION─┬─imperative-statement-2─┘
          └ON┘ └─ESCAPE────┘
 
  ►─┬────────────┬──►◄
    └─END-ACCEPT─┘
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