SORT-MERGE/XL General User's Guide (32650-90883)

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Using SORT/XL Interactively

Using the MPE XL :PRINT Command

In the examples in this chapter, you were directed back to the editor to text the output ﬁle

to view the results of the sort operation. The MPE XL :PRINT command allows you to view

the results of the sort operation without calling EDIT/V. The command also allows you to

print the results of the sort on the system printer.

For example, to view the results of a single key sort, as shown earlier in this chapter, you

would proceed, as follows:

:SORT

HP32214A.01.00 SORT/3000 WED, JUN 3, 1987, 9:16 AM

>INPUT EMPLOYEE

>OUTPUT COMPANY

>KEY 1, 11

>END

<<The SORT Statistics Appear Here>>

:PRINT COMPANY

ANDERSON MARY ACCOUNTANT 6345

ANDERSON CHARLES SALES REP 3456

ANDERSON CHARLES PRESIDENT 0247

CARLSON ROBERTA TREASURER 3586

FISHER TOM SHIPPING CLERK 7309

JOHNSON FRANCES RECEPTIONIST 7943

LANGE ROBERT ENGINEER 3235

SMITH HOWARD DESIGNER 6794

TAYLOR HEATHER SECRETARY 7272

ZIMMER ANDREW ENGINEER 5739

To have a copy of this report printed on the line printer use the MPE XL :FILE command

to establish the following equation:

:FILE T;DEV=LP

:PRINT COMPANY, *T

This equation establishes T as the ﬁle equated with the line printer. That is then

backreferenced with the :PRINT command to send the ﬁle COMPANY to the line printer.