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Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Language Reference


SORT-CORE-SIZE

The SORT-CORE-SIZE special register is the name of a binary data item that you can use to specify the number of bytes of storage available to the sort utility. It has the implicit definition:

01  SORT-CORE-SIZE GLOBAL PICTURE S9(8) USAGE BINARY VALUE ZERO.

When used in nested programs, this special register is implicitly defined with the global attribute in the outermost program.

SORT-CORE-SIZE can be used in place of the MAINSIZE or RESINV control statements in the sort control file:

You can specify the SORT-CORE-SIZE special register in a function wherever an integer argument is allowed.


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