The SEARCH statement is used to search a table for a table element that satisfies the specified condition and to adjust the value of the associated index to indicate that table element.

Format 1.

          SEARCH identifier-1 [ VARYING { identifier-2 }
                                        { index-name-1 }

                [ [ AT ] END imperative-statement-1 ]

                { WHEN condition-1 imperative-statement-2 } ...

                [ END-SEARCH ]

Format 2.

          SEARCH ALL identifier-1

                [ [ AT ] END imperative-statement-1 ]

                { WHEN condition-2 imperative-statement-2 }

                [ END-SEARCH ]