SORT-MERGE/XL General User's Guide (32650-90883)

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SORT-MERGE/XL Commands

ALTSEQ

>DATA IS ASCII, SEQUENCE IS ASCII

>ALTSEQ EACH "LMN"="ST"

>SHOW SEQUENCE

nul soh stx etx eot enq ack bel bs ht lf vt ff cr so si

dle dc1 dc2 dc3 dc4 nak syn etb can em sub esc fs gs rs us

sp ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?

@ A B C D E F G H I J K O P Q R

L= N= S M= T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ -

` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o

p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ del

The result of the

modspec

in the above example where EACH "LMN"="ST" is shown below:

Original List Sorted Result

TOKEN COST

MOP COME

COST SING

COME NOSE

TABLE LONESOME

MISS SOLE

SING TABLE

NOSE MISS

LONESOME TOKEN

SOLE MOP

During the sort operation, L and N are equated to S, and M is equated to T.

Using >ALTSEQ Without the EACH Parameter

The following example shows how to use the >ALTSEQ command without including the

EACH parameter. You may use abbreviated forms for >ALTSEQ (>A), >SHOW SEQUENCE (>SH

S), and SEQUENCE IS ASCII (SEQ A), if you wish.

:SORT

HP32214A.01.00 SORT/3000 THU, JUN 4, 1987, 8:15 AM

>DATA IS ASCII, SEQUENCE IS ASCII

>ALTSEQ "ABC" = "X"

>SHOW SEQUENCE

nul soh stx etx eot enq ack bel bs ht lf vt ff cr so si

dle dc1 dc2 dc3 dc4 nak syn etb can em sub esc fs gs rs us

sp= B= C ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , -

. / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < =

> ? @ D E F G H I J K L M N O P