statement/READ statement/READ NAME READ -- Get information from DATA statements ABBREVIATION r <shift> E SYNOPSIS READ <variable>[,<...>,<variable>] FUNCTION This statement is used to get information from DATA statements into variables, where the data can be used. The READ statement variable list may contain both strings and numbers. Care must be taken to avoid reading strings where the READ statement expects a number, which produces an ERROR message. INPUTS <variable> - read data will be stored in this variable RESULT Data read from the DATA statements is stored in the target variables (<variable>). EXAMPLES 10 READ A$,G$,Y NOTES None BUGS None SEE ALSO DATA GET GETKEY INPUT RESTORE