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SORT-MERGE/XL General Users Guide

Using >VERIFY to Check Options 

The >VERIFY command allows you to check the options you specified for the
sort operation.  Enter the >VERIFY command after the >KEY command, as
follows:

          :SORT    

          HP32214A.01.00  SORT/3000 WED, JUN  3, 1987,  8:32 AM
          (c) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1986

          >INPUT EMPLOYEE  
          >OUTPUT COMPANY  
          >KEY 1, 11; 12, 11; 23, 19    
          >VERIFY   

SORT/XL responds to the >VERIFY command with the following display:

          INPUT ENTITY = EMPLOYEE
          RECORD LENGTH  = SAME AS THAT OF THE INPUT FILE
          OUTPUT ENTITY = COMPANY
          KEY POSITION    LENGTH  TYPE  ASC/DESC
                  1        11     BYTE     ASC  (MAJOR KEY)
                 12        11     BYTE     ASC
                 23        19     BYTE     ASC

This display tells you that the input file is EMPLOYEE; the output file
is COMPANY; and the sort is based on three designated keys.  The first
key (identified as the major key) starts in character position 1 and is
11 characters long.  In case of ties on the first key, entries in COMPANY
are sorted according to the second key.  The second key starts in
character position 12 and is 11 characters long.  The third key starts in
character position 23 and is 19 characters long.  It also shows that the
default values for TYPE (BYTE) and ASC/DESC (ASC for ascending) are used.
Refer to the >VERIFY command in Chapter 6 for additional information.

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