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

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Getting SORT-MERGE/XL Information

Getting Version and Title Information

You can print the version of SORT-MERGE/XL, the title of the HPSORTLIB or

HPMERGELIB segment, the date, and the time to $STDLIST.

Syntax for HPSORTTITLE and HPMERGETITLE is:

HPSORTTITLE (

status

);

HPMERGETITLE (

status

);

The HPSORTTITLE or HPMERGETITLE intrinsic may be called anywhere in your program

after you have declared the system intrinsics.

An example of using HPSORTTITLE follows:

var

status : INTEGER;

HPSORTTITLE (status);

Example of Using HPSORTTITLE

Calling HPSORTTITLE from the core sorting routine results in the following output:

HP31900A.01.00 SORT/XL THU, JAN 26, 1989, 10:28 AM

Calling HPMERGETITLE from the core merging routine results in the following output:

HP31900A.01.00 MERGE/XL THU, JAN 26, 1989, 10:28 AM