Folgende Syntax wird für das READ Statement erkannt:
>>-READ--file-name-1--+------+--+--------+----------------------> '-NEXT-' '-RECORD-' >--+--------------------+---------------------------------------> '-INTO--identifier-1-' >--+-------------------------------------+----------------------> '-+----+--END--imperative-statement-1-' '-AT-' >--+------------------------------------------+--+----------+-->< '-NOT--+----+--END--imperative-statement-2-' '-END-READ-' '-AT-' >--+----------+------------------------------------------------>< '-END-READ-'
>>-READ--file-name-1--+------+--+--------+----------------------> '-NEXT-' '-RECORD-' >--+--------------------+---------------------------------------> '-INTO--identifier-1-' >--+--------------------------+---------------------------------> '-KEY--+----+--data-name-1-' '-IS-' >--+------------------------------------------+-----------------> '-INVALID--+-----+--imperative-statement-3-' '-KEY-' >--+----------------------------------------------+-------------> '-NOT INVALID--+-----+--imperative-statement-4-' '-KEY-' >--+----------+------------------------------------------------>< '-END-READ-'