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RECEIVE (↑ Statements)
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  Verb:         RECEIVE
 
  Function:     Makes available to the program a message and pertinent
                information about that data from a queue maintained by
                MCS.
 
  Syntax:
 
     ►►─RECEIVE cd-name─┬─MESSAGE─┬─INTO identifier-1───────────────►
                        └─SEGMENT─┘
 
      ►─┬──────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────►
        └─NO DATA imperative-statement-1───┘
 
      ►─┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────►
        └─┬────┬─DATA imperative-statement-2─┘
          └WITH┘
 
      ►─┬─────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────►◄
        └─END-RECEIVE─┘
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