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Chapter 6 Field Description Specifications Field Description Specifications tell XSORT how to sort your records and format them in the output file. The following table is an overview of field description specification column entries. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | Columns | Entries | Explanation | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 1-5 | Any value. | Line number. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 6 | F | Field Description line identification. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 7* | N | Normal control field. | | | | | | | O | Opposite control field. | | | | | | | F | Forced control field. | | | | | | | D | Data field. | | | | | | | * | Comment line. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 8* | P | Packed decimal data. | | | | | | | U | Unpacked decimal data. | | | | | | | C | Character data. | | | | | | | V | Force a data character into the data field. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 9-12 | 1-1000 | Starting position of field in the record. May be | | | | left blank if the field is only one character long. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 13-16 | 1-1000 | End position of field in the record. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 17 | Any character. | Forced control fields only (the character you want | | | | to change). | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 18 | Any character. | Forced control or data fields only (the character | | | | you want to force into position). | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 19 | blank | Forced control field line is not a continuation of | | | | the preceding line. | | | | | | | Any character | Forced control line is a continuation of the | | | other than blank. | preceding line. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 20-39 | blank | Reserved. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | 40-80 | Any characters. | Comments. | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Columns that must be filled in.