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From: Carsten Flensburg <flensburg@novasol.dk> > A new way of dealing with this potential performance problem was recently > introduced. - V5R1 added the %LOOKUP built-in-function which allows you to > specify a fourth optional parameter specifying the maximum number of > compares to perform. > > If you set this parameter to the current number of elements loaded, you > ensure that no unneccessary compares are performed if the lookup might end > unmatched. > Alternatively you could store the value looked for at the n+1'th position (n is number of occupied positions). Then you always find it; if its position turned out to be n+1, you know that it wasn't there. This will work with any release.
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