Re: Cobol Linear search Vs Perfrom Until

docdwarf_at_panix.com
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: 17 Jul 2004 10:30:56 -0400

In article <kVYJc.1717$4L7.1361@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>,
Michael Mattias <michael.mattias@gte.net> wrote:

[snip]

>Do your binary search (SEARCH ALL) on your sorted table... when you get a
>hit, decrease your index in a loop to find where "target" values start in
>table, then scan though them in forward direction until you find the one you
>want or the key changes; that is, let SEARCH ALL get you "on the correct
>block" and then walk from house to house.

This is the 'peeking and poking, above and below' which makes me...
uncomfortable.

DD

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