INPUT

Fixed-length record data set

OUTPUT

Fixed-length record data set

WORK DATA SETS

Dynamically allocated (by default)

USER EXITS

None

FUNCTIONS/OPTIONS

INCLUDE, LOCALE

//EXAMP    JOB  A400,PROGRAMMER                                 01
//STEP1    EXEC PGM=SORT,PARM='LOCALE=FR_CA'                    02
//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=SYS1.SCEERUN,DISP=SHR                        03
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=A                                         04
//SORTIN   DD  DSN=INPUT.FRENCH.CANADA,DISP=SHR                 05
//SORTOUT  DD  DSN=OUTPUT.FRENCH.CANADA,DISP=OLD                06
//SYSIN    DD  *                                                07
 SORT FIELDS=(1,20,CH,A,25,1,BI,D,30,10,CH,A)                   08
 INCLUDE COND=(40,6,CH,EQ,50,6,CH)                              09

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Explanation

01

JOB statement. Introduces this job to the operating system.

02

EXEC statement. Calls DFSORT directly by its alias name SORT. LOCALE specified in EXEC PARM overrides the installation default for LOCALE. The locale for the French language and the cultural conventions of Canada will be active.

03

STEPLIB DD statement. Specifies the Language Environment run-time library containing the dynamically loadable locales.

04

SYSOUT statement. Directs DFSORT messages and control statements to sysout class A.

05

SORTIN DD statement. The input data set is named INPUT.FRENCH.CANADA and is cataloged. DFSORT determines the RECFM, LRECL and BLKSIZE from the data set label.

06

SORTOUT DD statement. The output data set is named OUTPUT.FRENCH.CANADA and is cataloged. DFSORT determines the RECFM, LRECL and BLKSIZE from the data set label.

07

SYSIN DD statement. DFSORT control statements follow.

08

SORT statement. FIELDS specifies an ascending 20-byte character control field starting at position 1, a one-byte descending binary control field starting at position 25, and a 10-byte ascending character control field starting at position 30. The character (CH) control fields will be sorted according to the collating rules defined in locale FR_CA.

09

INCLUDE statement. COND specifies that only input records with equal 6-byte character compare fields starting in position 40 and position 50 are to be included in the output data set. The character (CH) compare fields will be compared according to the collating rules defined in locale FR_CA.