SORT

The following parameters of this DFSORT control statement are supported in MFSORT and MFJSORT:

                    +---,---+                   +---------,------------+
                    V       |                   V                      |
>--SORT--FIELDS=-.-(.-p,m,f-.)----------------.-.--.-.-EQUALS---.---.--.----<<
                 |                            |    + +-NOEQUALS-+   |
                 |  +--,--------+             |    |                |
                 |  V           |             |    +-SKIPREC=z------+
                 +-(.-p,m,.---.-.)-,-FORMAT=f-+    +-STOPAFT=n------+
                 |        +-f-+               |    +-Y2PAST=-.-s-.--+
                 +-COPY-----------------------+    |         +-f-+  |
                                                   +-CENTWIN=-.-s-.-+
                                                              +-f-+

Notes:

The maximum size of a sort field is 256 characters.
EQUALS and NOEQUALS always give the results as EQUALS.

In this COBOL system, the following parameter fields for this control statement are only parsed and ignored:

Parameter	Fields
FIELDS	`CKPT` `DYNALLOC [=(d \| n \| d, n \| OFF)]` `FILSZ = (x \| Ex \| Ux)` `SIZE = (y \| Ey \| Uy)`

Parameter

Fields

FIELDS

CKPT

DYNALLOC [=(d | n | d, n | OFF)]

FILSZ = (x | Ex | Ux)

SIZE = (y | Ey | Uy)

Use the following table as a guide to help you understand the options that are ignored:

Symbol	Meaning
(...)	Options within these brackets are required.
[...]	Options with these brackets are optional.
+	This symbol follows a set of required or optional brackets to indicate that more than one option can be specified, delimited by a comma.
\|	This symbol delimits options enclosed in required or optional brackets, to indicate a choice from these options.

The following field formats are supported, where applicable:

Field	Supported formats
`Binary-operator`	EQ, GE, GT, LE, LT, NE.
`Bit-operator`	ALL, BM, BNM, BNO, BNZ, BO, BZ, NONE, NOTALL, NOTNONE, NOTSOME, SOME.
`Date-format`	Y2B, Y2C, Y2D, Y2P, Y2S, Y2T, Y2U, Y2V, Y2W, Y2X, Y2Y, Y2Z, Y2TP, Y2UP, Y2VP, Y2WP, Y2XP, Y2YP.
`Format`	AQ, BI, CH, CLO, CSF, CSL, CST, CTO, FI, FL, FS, LS, OL, OT, PD, PD0, SB, SS, TS, ZD.