IBM Assembler Interview Question:

How to retrieve the instream data in SYSIN?

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Use Accept in procedure division.
Example :
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 empno. Pic x(05).
01 empname pic x(15).
01 empsal pic 9(10).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
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PERFORM ACCEPT-PARA.
..............
ACCEPT-PARA.
ACCEPT EMPNO.
ACCEPT EMPNAME.
ACCEPT EMPSAL.

In JCL :
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//sysin dd *
001
aaaa
330000
/*
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