SORT-MERGE/XL Programmer's Guide (32650-90884)
Index
Index 127
Symbols
$NULL, 19
$STDLIST, 59, 60
A
accessing
input files, 21
accessing HPSORT-MERGE/XL through
COBOL, 20
accessing HPSORT-MERGE/XL through
FORTRAN, 21
ALLEMP, example file, 37, 40, 45, 102, 106, 112
altering the collating sequence, 53
introduction to, 51
ALTSEQ, example file, 53
altseq, intrinsic parameter, 53, 57
ascending, 27
ASCII
table, 85
ASCII, intrinsic, 24, 25
B
BASIC data types, 122
buffer, intrinsic parameter, 42, 46
building a file, 59
Business BASIC data type, 27
Business BASIC data types, 122
byte data type, 26, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126
C
C data types, 123
character data type, 26, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126
charseq, intrinsic parameter, 57
checking errors, 16
COBOL data types, 26, 124
COBOL interface to HPSORT-MERGE/XL, 20
collating sequence, 15
altering, 53
example of using an altered sequence, 54
FORTRAN example of using an altered
sequence, 116
introduction to altering, 51
native language, 57
specifying from a file, 53
specifying from your program, 53
core routine
FORTRAN example of merging, 103
FORTRAN example of sorting, 98
Pascal example of merging, 38
Pascal example of sorting, 34
core routine (chart), 18
Creating
input files in a program, 20
creating
fixed format input files, 20
input files, 19
input files in a database, 21
input files in an editor, 20
output file, 22
D
data types
C, 123
COBOL, 26, 124
HP Business BASIC, 27, 122
HP FORTRAN 77/XL, 125
HP Pascal, 126
language equivalences, 121
used to specify keys, 26
DATA, example file, 54, 116
descending, 27
display leading sign data type, 27, 124
display leading sign separate data type, 27, 124
display trailing sign data type, 26, 124
display trailing sign separate data type, 27, 124
E
EBCDIC
table, 85
EDIT/3000
using tabs in, 20
ending MERGE/XL, 31
ending SORT/XL, 31
ending SORT-MERGE/XL, 18
equivalent data types across languages, 121
error checking
overview, 16
error checking in MERGE/XL, 29
error checking in SORT/XL, 29
error messages, 16
MERGE/XL, 75
SORT/XL, 63
Example File
creating PERMEMP, 20
example File
TEMPEMP, 34
example file
ALLEMP, 37, 40, 45, 102, 106, 112
ALTSEQ, 53
DATA, 54, 116
FRUIT, 56, 119
PERMEMP, 34, 43, 98, 107