The LIST option of the GET statement specifies list-directed input.
The GET LIST statement causes each value expected by the input list to be read from the stream file without the use of a format item.
For list-directed input, the stream file must contain a sequence of fields, each of which is followed by a blank or a comma. Excess blanks may occur between fields.
A field whose value is to be assigned to an arithmetic, pictured, or bit-string variable X must contain an optionally signed constant of the same form as could appear on the right side of an assignment statement whose target was X.
A field whose value is to be assigned to a character-string variable begins with the next non-blank character in the stream and ends with the character immediately before the next blank or comma. However, the field can be delimited by single quote characters, and in this case it can contain embedded blanks and commas. If single quote delimiters are used, two adjacent single quotes are interpreted as one single quote in the field's value.