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Sort/Merge Operations (MFJSORT)

Note: MFJSORT and MFSORT are updated with new features on a regular basis but they do not offer a complete emulation of third-party sort utilities. If there are particular features that you need to use, please contact SupportLine to establish if they are available in MFJSORT or MFSORT.

MFJSORT provides the following sort/merge operations for sequential data sets:

Note: For arithmetic operations:
  • The result of an arithmetic operation is an 18 digit ZD value, which can be converted to a different numeric format, or edited using pre-defined edit masks (M0-M26) or user-defined edit masks.
  • Complex arithmetic operations using parentheses are not supported.
  • Arithmetic operations performed on other arithmetic operations are not supported.
  • Arithmetic operations performed with decimal values like +20, +100, etc... (for example, OUTREC FIELDS=(1,2,BI,MUL,+20)) are not supported.
  • When PARM=SIGN-EBCDIC is set, numeric DISPLAY items with included signs are interpreted according to the EBCDIC convention. SIGN-EBCDIC is not required when MF_CHARSET is set to EBCDIC; it is required for data that is otherwise ASCII, such as when the program which created the data was compiled with the SIGN"EBCDIC" Compiler directive.
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