- index-name-1
- One of the following actions applies:
- If index-name-1 is an index for identifier-1, this index is used for the
search. Otherwise, the first (or only) index-name is used.
- If index-name-1 is an index for another table element, then the first
(or only) index-name for identifier-1 is used for the search; the occurrence
number represented by index-name-1 is increased by the same amount as the
search index-name and at the same time.
When the VARYING index-name-1 phrase is omitted, the first (or only)
index-name for identifier-1 is used for the search.
- identifier-2
- Must be either an index data item or an elementary integer item. During
the search, one of the following actions applies:
- If identifier-2 is an index data item, then, whenever the search index
is increased, the specified index data item is simultaneously increased by
the same amount.
- If identifier-2 is an integer data item, then, whenever the search index
is increased, the specified data item is simultaneously increased by 1.
Figure 1 illustrates a Format 1 SEARCH operation
containing two WHEN phrases.
Figure 1. Format 1 SEARCH with Two WHEN Phrases- *
- These operations are included only when called for in the statement.
- **
- Control transfers to the next sentence, unless the imperative statement
ends with a GO TO statement.