The MAT LINPUT statement receives  string  data  from  a  terminal  or
  terminal-format file and assigns it to string array elements.

  Example

  MAT LINPUT Time_card$(10%)

1  –  Syntax

      MAT LINPUT [chnl-exp,] {  str-array  [  (int-exp1  [,int-exp2])  ]
      },...