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Using a Native Language Sequence
When you sort or merge information that has language considerations, you
do so by using a collating sequence for Native Language types. These
collating sequences include language-specific alphanumeric characters and
accent marks.
Parameters in the HPSORTINIT or HPMERGEINIT intrinsic are used when
specifying an alternate collating sequence. The parameters are:
* keys - Data type element must be set to 10 for character data.
* charseq - a 32-bit integer array. The first element contains the
value of 1 (one) and second element contains the language ID of the
collating sequence.
NOTE Use the altseq parameter with ASCII sequences only. Do not use it
to create alternate sequences for native language (NL).
Getting the
Language ID
To determine the supported languages and their language identification
numbers (IDs), use the NLUTIL utility. For example, to sort or merge a
German file, run NLUTIL to find the language ID for German:
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| :RUN NLUTIL.PUB.SYS |
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| HP32414A.03.00 NLUTIL/3000 (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO., 1983 |
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| Lang Lang Char Char |
| ID Name ID Name |
| ---- ---- ---- ---------------- |
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| 0 NATIVE-3000 0 USASCII |
| 1 AMERICAN 1 ROMAN8 |
| 2 CANADIAN-FRENCH 1 ROMAN8 |
| 3 DANISH 1 ROMAN8 |
| 4 DUTCH 1 ROMAN8 |
| 5 ENGLISH 1 ROMAN8 |
| 6 FINNISH 1 ROMAN8 |
| 7 FRENCH 1 ROMAN8 |
| 8 GERMAN 1 ROMAN8 |
| 9 ITALIAN 1 ROMAN8 |
| 10 NORWEGIAN 1 ROMAN8 |
| 11 PORTUGUESE 1 ROMAN8 |
| 12 SPANISH 1 ROMAN8 |
| 13 SWEDISH 1 ROMAN8 |
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| Do you require a listing of the current configuration? N |
| Do you require a listing of one language? N |
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| END OF PROGRAM |
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Figure 4-1. Running NLUTIL
Specifying Parameters
You then specify the keys and charseq parameters for the HPSORTINIT or
HPMERGEINIT intrinsic as follows:
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| var |
| keys : array [1..4] of INTEGER; |
| charseq : array [1..2] of INTEGER; |
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| keys[1] := 1; {key begins} |
| keys[2] := 20; {key length} |
| keys[3] := 10; {native language character data} |
| keys[4] := 1; {ascending order} |
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| charseq [1] := 1; |
| charseq [1] := 8; {language ID for GERMAN} |
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For detailed information about native language sorting and merging, refer
to the Native Language Programmer's Guide (32650-90022).