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

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Creating Core Routines That Sort and Merge

Initializing a Sort or Merge

This is a COBOL data type.

7 Display leading sign.

This is a COBOL data type.

8 Display trailing sign separate.

This is a COBOL data type.

9 Display leading sign separate.

This is a COBOL data type.

10 Character.

This data type is used in Native Language situations, when you have

character data (as in option 0), but will be using a Native Language

collating sequence.

11 Reserved.

12 Short ﬂoating point decimal.

This is an HP Business BASIC data type.

13 Floating point decimal.

This is an HP Business BASIC data type.

NOTE

The integrity of the

keys

array must be maintained throughout the sorting or

merging operation. Do not change

keys

until after you have called HPSORTEND

or HPMERGEEND.