Header Specification Column Entries [ HP RPG/XL Utilities-Part 1 XSORT ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
HP RPG/XL Utilities-Part 1 XSORT
Header Specification Column Entries
The following table summarizes the types of column entries.
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| Columns | Entries | Explanation |
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| 1-5 | Any value | Line number. |
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| 6* | H | Header line identification. |
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| 7-12* | SORTA | Address-out sort. |
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| | SORTR | Record-out sort. |
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| | SORTC | Count-only sort. |
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| 13-17** | 1-256 | Largest sum of control field lengths for any Record Section |
| | | (in bytes). |
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| 18** | A | Records in sorted file to be in ascending order by control |
| | | fields. |
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| | D | Records in sorted file to be in descending order by control |
| | | fields. |
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| 19-25 | Blank | Reserved. |
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| 26 | Blank | Use standard ASCII collating sequence in compare operations. |
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| | S | Use an alternate collating sequence in compare operations. |
| | | ALTSEQ specs will define the collating sequence desired. |
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| 27 | 0 or blank | Print: XSORT specifications |
| | | Diagnostic messages |
| | | Statistics |
| | | Abort messages |
| | | Display messages |
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| | 1 | Print: Statistics |
| | | Abort messages |
| | | Display messages |
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| | 2 | Print: Abort messages |
| | | Display messages |
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| | 3 | Print only display messages. |
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| 28*** | Blank | Retain control fields on output records in Record-out sort |
| | | jobs. |
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| | X | Drop control fields from output records in Record-out sort |
| | | jobs. |
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| 29-32*** | 1-1000 | Length of output records in Record-out sorts. |
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| 33-39 | Blank | Reserved. |
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| 40-80 | Any | Comments. |
| | Characters | |
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* Columns that must be filled in for all sorts.
** Columns that must be filled in for Address-out and Record-out sorts.
*** Columns that must be filled in for Record-out sorts.
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