The last column of data in the file EMPLOYEE lists employee numbers. These were assigned chronologically to each new employee. To obtain a list of all employees in the order of their hiring you would proceed as shown in the following example:
:SORT
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>INPUT EMPLOYEE
>OUTPUT COMPANY
>KEY 42, 4
>END
PURGE OLDOUTPUT FILE COMPANY.GROUP.ACCOUNT ? Y
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:EDITOR
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/TEXT COMPANY
FILE UNNUMBERED
/LIST ALL
1 2 3 4
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345
1 ANDERSON CHARLES PRESIDENT 0247
2 LANGE ROBERT ENGINEER 3235
3 ANDERSON CHARLES SALES REP 3456
4 CARLSON ROBERTA TREASURER 3586
5 ZIMMER ANDREW ENGINEER 5739
6 ANDERSON MARY ACCOUNTANT 6345
7 SMITH HOWARD DESIGNER 6794
8 TAYLOR HEATHER SECRETARY 7272
9 FISHER TOM SHIPPING CLERK 7309
10 JOHNSON FRANCES RECEPTIONIST 7943
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To determine the newest employee, and obtain a list in descending order to the one with the most seniority, use the DESC (for descending) parameter of the >KEY command:
The file COMPANY would now list Receptionist, FRANCES JOHNSON as the first record in the file and President, CHARLES ANDERSON, as the last record in the file.
