HP RPG/iX Utilities Reference Manual (30318-90006)

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Header Specifications
S Option Specifications
Record Type Specifications
Field Description Specifications
Column Entry Explanation
1-5 blank No line numbers are required.
6 H The H designates this as the Header specification for the sort.
7-12 SORTR SORTR indicates that this is a Record-out sort.
13-17 4 Largest sum of control field lengths for any record section, in bytes. In this sort
the total is 4.
18 A Records are to be sorted in ascending order by control field.
28 X Control fields are to be dropped on output in this sort.
29-32 33 33 is the length of the output records in this sort. It includes only the length of
the data fields since the control fields are being dropped.
Column Entry Explanation
1-5 blank No line numbers are required.
6 S Indicates that this is the S Option specification for the sort.
8 Y XSORTOUT may already exist and be a different file than XSORTIN.
10-16 35 Maximum number of records to be sorted.
Column Entry Explanation
1-5 5 Line number (optional).
6 I This is an include line. All records described will be included in the sort.
8 C Use full characters
13-16 33 The factor 1 field, which is only one character long, ends at this position.
17-18 NE Factor 1 must not equal factor 2.
19 C Factor 1 is a constant.
20 X This is the factor 2 constant.
Column Entry Explanation
1-5 10,20,30 Line numbers (optional).