SORT-MERGE/XL provides statistical information
about the sorting or merging operation just completed, and
title and version information about SORT-MERGE/XL.
The HPSORTSTAT and HPMERGESTAT intrinsics display status information about their processes. The HPSORTTITLE and HPMERGETITLE intrinsics display title and version information for their processes.
As shown in Figure 5-1 “Getting Information”, you may get title and version information at any point in your program. Statistical information is retreived after you have finished sorting or merging.
Figure 5-1 Getting Information
![[Getting Information]](img/f0501.gif)
