p2,m2,f2

These variables specify another field in the input record with which the p1,m1,f1 field will be compared. Permissible comparisons between compare fields with different formats are shown in Table 1 and Table 2.

AC, ASL, and AST formats sequence EBCDIC data using the ASCII collating sequence.

You can use p2,m2 rather than p2,m2,f2 if you use FORMAT=f to supply the format for the field.

Table 1. Permissable Field-to-Field Comparisons for INCLUDE/OMIT (Group 1)
Permissable Field-to-Field Comparisons for INCLUDE/OMIT (Group 1)Field Format	BI	CH	ZD	PD	FI	CSF or FS	UFF	SFF	CSL or LS	CST or TS
BI	X	X
CH	X	X
ZD			X	X
PD			X	X
FI					X
CSF or FS						X	X	X	X	X
UFF						X	X	X	X	X
SFF						X	X	X	X	X
CSL or LS						X	X	X	X	X
CST or TS						X	X	X	X	X

Table 2. Permissable Field-to-Field Comparisons for INCLUDE/OMIT (Group 2)
Permissable Field-to-Field Comparisons for INCLUDE/OMIT (Group 2)Field Format	PD0	AC	ASL	AST	CLO or OL	CTO or OT	AQ	D2
PD0	X
AC		X
ASL			X	X
AST			X	X
CLO or OL					X	X
CTO or OT					X	X
AQ							X
D2								X
Note: D2 field formats are user-defined.