MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90875)

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Command Definitions (HPMERGEEND-LOGSTATUS)
HPSORTINIT
The second element specifies one fewer than the total number of
characters in the collating sequence.
If the first element is CHR(0), the remaining array elements comprise the
actual collating sequence responsible for the particular Hewlett-Packard
SORT operation.
Default: element 1 = CHR(255), element 2 = CHR(255)
keycompare procedure (reserved)
Do not specify this parameter, but maintain parameter position.
errorproc procedure (reserved)
Do not specify this parameter, but maintain parameter position.
statistics 32-bit signed integer array (optional)
Returns information on the SORT/XL operation:
Value Meaning
1 Number of records sorted
2 Number of intermediate passes
3 Number of bytes in the SORT/XL program work area
4 Number of compares
5 CPU time used in milliseconds
6 Elapsed time in milliseconds
memsize 32-bit signed integer by value (reserved)
Do not specify, but maintain parameter position.
charseq 32-bit signed integer array (optional)
Passes language information. Set the first element to 1 and the second
element to the language ID of the native language collating sequence to be
used for keys of type character (
keys parameter equal to 10).
Related Information
Intrinsics HPSORT, HPMERGE
Manual SORT-MERGE/XL Programmer's Guide