The following mainframe tutorial list down the basic differences between the COBOL SEARCH and SEARCH ALL.

 

SEARCH	SEARCH ALL
1) Used for sequential search in COBOL tables.	1) Used for Binary search.
2) The entries do not need to  be in any order.	2) The table entries must be in some     order.
3) SEARCH can use multiple  WHEN conditions.	3) Only one WHEN is allowed.
4) SEARCH can be used with any relational condition	4) SEARCH ALL works with only equality     condition.
5) SET statement is a must   for initializing the index   before its usage.	5) SET statement is not required.

 

 

 

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