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Using the SORT and MERGE Statements
9.1 Sorting Data with the SORT Statement
Example 9–4 (Cont.) Using Two Sort Files
01 SORT-REC-2.
03 FILLER PIC X(20).
03 S2-KEY-1 PIC X(10).
03 FILLER PIC X(10).
03 S2-KEY-2 PIC X(10).
03 FILLER PIC X(50).
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PROCEDURE DIVISION.
000-SORT SECTION.
010-DO-FIRST-SORT.
SORT SORT-FILE1 ON ASCENDING KEY
S1-KEY-1
S1-KEY-2
WITH DUPLICATES IN ORDER
USING INPUT-FILE
OUTPUT PROCEDURE IS 050-CREATE-REPORT-1
THRU 300-DONE-REPORT-1.
020-DO-SECOND-REPORT.
SORT SORT-FILE2 ON ASCENDING KEY
S2-KEY-1
ON DESCENDING KEY
S2-KEY-2
USING INPUT-FILE
OUTPUT PROCEDURE IS 400-CREATE-REPORT-2
THRU 700-DONE-REPORT-2.
030-END-JOB.
DISPLAY "PROGRAM ENDED".
STOP RUN.
050-CREATE-REPORT-1 SECTION.
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* Use the RETURN statement to read the sorted records. *
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300-DONE-REPORT-1 SECTION.
310-EXIT-REPORT-1.
EXIT.
400-CREATE-REPORT-2 SECTION.
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* Use the RETURN statement to read the sorted records. *
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700-DONE-REPORT-2 SECTION.
710-EXIT-REPORT.
EXIT.
9.1.8 Sorting Variable-Length Records
If you specify the USING phrase and the input file contains variable-length
records, the sort-file record must not be smaller than the smallest record, nor
larger than the largest record, described in the input file.
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