...we can't start without a keyword to search!!
If "[Keyword]" "=" ""
AlertBox "Search Error" "Please enter a keyword to search"
GotoLine "EX"
EndIf
 

SetVar "[matches]" "0"

. Initiate [xf] to start at record #1
SetVar "[xf]" "1"

. Aquire the number of records in the database
FileLen "[PubDir]data.dat" "[datalen]"

. loop until [xf] is less than (and equal to) the number of records
While "[xf]" "<=" "[datalen]"

. Read in the full line of data and get it's length
FileRead "[PubDir]data.dat" "[xf]" "[fulline]"
StrLen "[fulline]" "[linelen]"

. Parse out the first element of the string
SearchStr "*" "[fulline]" "[pos]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "1" "[pos]-1" "[Element]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "[pos]+1" "[linelen]" "[fulline]"
. Use [Sub] as a place marker to come back to after
. program flow moves on to the COMPARE routine
SetVar "[Sub]" "SUB2"
. Go to the COMPARE Subroutine
GotoLine "COMPARE"

. Place marker for program flow
:SUB2
SearchStr "*" "[fulline]" "[pos]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "1" "[pos]-1" "[Element]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "[pos]+1" "[linelen]" "[fulline]"
SetVar "[Sub]" "SUB3"
GotoLine "COMPARE"
 

:SUB3
SearchStr "*" "[fulline]" "[pos]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "1" "[pos]-1" "[Element]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "[pos]+1" "[linelen]" "[fulline]"
SetVar "[Sub]" "SUB4"
GotoLine "COMPARE"
 

:SUB4
SetVar "[Element]" "[fulline]"
SetVar "[Sub]" "SUB5"
GotoLine "COMPARE"
 

:SUB5
. Add "1" to the search loop, [xf] 
Math "[xf]+1" "" "[xf]"
EndWhile
 

GotoLine "END" ... (skip compare routine)
 

:COMPARE
. Compare [Element] to the users [Keyword]
If "[Element]" "=" "[Keyword]"
. Match found so
...set [x] to the same value/record# as [xf]
...set [matches] to value of 1
SetVar "[matches]" "1"
SetVar "[x]" "[xf]"
. Move on to read record number [x] and parse data
GotoLine "RESULTS"

:ASK
. Ask the user if this match was the record they wanted
MessageBox "Search: [Element]" "[First] [Last]|[Email]|[Phone]||Is this what you were searching for?" "Yes|No" "[ask_find]"
. "Yes" was the users answer!
If "[ask_find]" "=" "1"
SetVar "[x]" "[xf]"
SetVar "[xf]" "[datalen]+1"

Else ... from
. "No" was the users answer
GotoLine "[Sub]"
EndIf
 

Else ... (from  If "[Element]" "=" "[Keyword]")
GotoLine "[Sub]"
EndIf ... (from  If "[Element]" "=" "[Keyword]")
 

GotoLine "END" ... (skip results)
 

:RESULTS
. Parse out record number [x] for displaying...
FileRead "[PubDir]data.dat" "[x]" "[fulline]"
StrLen "[fulline]" "[linelen]"

SearchStr "*" "[fulline]" "[pos]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "1" "[pos]-1" "[Last]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "[pos]+1" "[linelen]" "[fulline]"

SearchStr "*" "[fulline]" "[pos]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "1" "[pos]-1" "[First]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "[pos]+1" "[linelen]" "[fulline]"

SearchStr "*" "[fulline]" "[pos]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "1" "[pos]-1" "[Email]"
SubStr "[fulline]" "[pos]+1" "[linelen]" "[fulline]"

SetVar "[Phone]" "[fulline]"
...and return to where we left-off
GotoLine "ASK"
 

:END
. if no matches were found display a message to this affect
If "[matches]" "<>" "1"
AlertBox "Search" "There were no matches for [Keyword]"
EndIf
 

:EX
. Reset the variables for the next search
SetVar "[Element]" ""
SetVar "[Keyword]" ""