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SEARCH (↑ Statements)
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  Verb:         SEARCH
 
  Function:     Searches a table for an element satisfying a given
                condition and sets the associated index-name to point
                to it.
 
  Syntax:       Which format?   Simple   ALL
 
     ──SEARCH identifier-1─┬──────────────────────────┬───
                             └─VARYING─┬─identifier-2─┬─┘
                                       └─index-name-1─┘
 
     ─┬─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────
       └─┬──┬─END imperative-statement-1─┘
         └AT┘
 
        ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
        ▼                                         │
     ──WHEN condition-1─┬─imperative-statement-2─┬─────────
                         └─NEXT SENTENCE──────────┘
 
     ─┬────────────┬──
       └─END-SEARCH─┘
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