When you sort or merge information that has language considerations,
you do so by using a collating sequence for Native Language types.
These collating sequences include language-specific alphanumeric
characters and accent marks.
Parameters in the HPSORTINIT or HPMERGEINIT intrinsic are
used when specifying an alternate collating sequence. The parameters are:
keys - Data type element must be set to 10 for
character data.
charseq - a 32-bit integer array. The first
element contains the value of 1 (one) and second element contains the
language ID of the collating sequence.
NOTE: Use the altseq parameter with ASCII sequences
only. Do not use it to create alternate sequences for native language (NL).
To determine the supported languages and their language identification
numbers (IDs), use the NLUTIL utility. For example, to sort or merge
a German file, run NLUTIL to find the language ID for German:
Figure 4-1 Running NLUTIL
:RUN NLUTIL.PUB.SYS
HP32414A.03.00 NLUTIL/3000 (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO., 1983
Lang Lang Char Char
ID Name ID Name
---- ---- ---- ----------------
0 NATIVE-3000 0 USASCII
1 AMERICAN 1 ROMAN8
2 CANADIAN-FRENCH 1 ROMAN8
3 DANISH 1 ROMAN8
4 DUTCH 1 ROMAN8
5 ENGLISH 1 ROMAN8
6 FINNISH 1 ROMAN8
7 FRENCH 1 ROMAN8
8 GERMAN 1 ROMAN8
9 ITALIAN 1 ROMAN8
10 NORWEGIAN 1 ROMAN8
11 PORTUGUESE 1 ROMAN8
12 SPANISH 1 ROMAN8
13 SWEDISH 1 ROMAN8
Do you require a listing of the current configuration? N
Do you require a listing of one language? N
END OF PROGRAM