ILE COBOL Language Reference


Sort Description Entry - Format 5 - Sort or Merge Files

File Description Entry - Format 5 - Sort/Merge
 
>>-SD--file-name------------------------------------------------>
 
>--+------------------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-RECORD--+-+----------+--integer3--+------------+---------------+-'
             | '-CONTAINS-'            '-CHARACTERS-'               |
             +-+----------+--integer6--TO--integer7--+------------+-+
             | '-CONTAINS-'                          '-CHARACTERS-' |
             '-| varying |--+--------------------------------+------'
                            '-DEPENDING--+----+--data-name-1-'
                                         '-ON-'
 
>--+--------------------------------------------------+--.-----><
   |                                  .-------------. |
   |      (1)                         V             | |
   '-DATA-------+-RECORD--+----+---+----data-name-2-+-'
                |         '-IS-'   |
                '-RECORDS--+-----+-'
                           '-ARE-'
 
varying:
 
|--+----+--VARYING--+----+--+------+--+---------------------+--->
   '-IS-'           '-IN-'  '-SIZE-'  '-+------+--integer-4-'
                                        '-FROM-'
 
>--+---------------+--+------------+----------------------------|
   '-TO--integer-5-'  '-CHARACTERS-'
 
 

Notes:

  1. Syntax-checked only.


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