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

58 Chapter4
Altering the Collating Sequence
Using a Native Language Sequence
Specifying Parameters
You then specify the keys and charseq parameters for the HPSORTINIT or HPMERGEINIT
intrinsic as follows:
var
keys : array [1..4] of INTEGER;
charseq : array [1..2] of INTEGER;
keys[1] := 1; {key begins}
keys[2] := 20; {key length}
keys[3] := 10; {native language character data}
keys[4] := 1; {ascending order}
charseq [1] := 1;
charseq [1] := 8; {language ID for GERMAN}
For detailed information about native language sorting and merging, refer to the Native
Language Programmer's Guide.