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Search for Any Data

At times you might want an ACL/E program to determine whether the screen contains any data at all before proceeding to the next step. To do this, use the SEARCH command with the ANY operand. For example, the following statements use the SEARCH command to determine if the screen contains any non-null or non-blank data and prints a message if it is blank.

          SEARCH ANY 
          BRANCH NE,BLANK 
          STOP 
BLANK     KEY 'This screen is blank' 
          STOP