COLLATING SEQUENCE Phrase

This phrase specifies the collating sequence to be used in nonnumeric comparisons for the KEY data items in this sorting operation.
alphabet-name
Must be specified in the alphabet-name clause of the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph. Any one of the alphabet-name clause options may be specified. See SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph for a list of alphabet-name clause options and their meanings.

When the COLLATING SEQUENCE phrase is omitted, the PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause (if specified) in the OBJECT-COMPUTER paragraph specifies the collating sequence to be used.

When both the COLLATING SEQUENCE phrase and the PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause are omitted, the EBCDIC collating sequence is used.