SORT-MERGE/XL Programmer's Guide (32650-90884)

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FORTRAN Program Examples

Example of Using an Altered Sequence

The following example sorts the data ﬁle below, DATA. The entries in DATA are sorted using

an altered collating sequence that is explicitly speciﬁed in the program. The sequence

contains all displayable ASCII characters and alters the order of the alphabetic characters

to AaBbCc .... The output ﬁle is called FRUIT

DATA File of fruit names

banana

Apple

Grapes

grapes

Pear

peach

orange