SORT and MERGE

FIELDS operand: You can use symbols where you can use fields (p,m,f and p,m). A symbol for p,m,f results in substitution of p,m if FORMAT=f or symbol,f is specified.

KEYWORD=n operands: You can use a symbol where you can use a number (n) with the SKIPREC and STOPAFT operands.

Example 1

 SORT FIELDS=(C_Field1,A,Z_Field1,D,
              C_Field2,ZD,A),EQUALS,SKIPREC=n5

will be transformed to:

 SORT FIELDS=(6,5,CH,A,22,8,ZD,D,4,2,ZD,A),EQUALS,SKIPREC=5

Example 2

 MERGE FIELDS=(Any_Format,A,C_Field1,A),FORMAT=CH

will be transformed to:

 MERGE FIELDS=(12,3,A,6,5,A),FORMAT=CH