SORT-MERGE/XL Programmer's Guide: 900 Series HP 3000 Computer Systems

Preface

1 Introduction

Processing a Sort or Merge

Sorting

Merging

Keys

Error Checking

Large File Support

2 Creating Core Routines That Sort and Merge

Structure of the Core Routines

Initializing a Sort or Merge

Specifying Input

Specifying Output

Specifying Keys

Specifying Data and Sequence

Using HPSORTINIT

Using HPMERGEINIT

Ending Sorting or Merging

Error Checking

Example of Core Sorting Routine

Example of Core Merging Routine

3 Input and Output by Record

Using Record Input and Output

Record Input

Example of Record Input

Record Output

Example of Record Output

4 Altering the Collating Sequence

Sorting and Arranging

Altering the Sequence

Example of Using an Altered Sequence

Using a Native Language Sequence

Getting the Language ID

Specifying Parameters

5 Getting SORT-MERGE/XL Information

Redirecting Output

Getting Statistical Information

Example of Getting Sort/Merge Statistics

Getting Version and Title Information

Example of Using HPSORTTITLE

A HPSORT Intrinsic Status Returns

B HPMERGE Intrinsic Status Returns

C ASCII/EBCDIC Table

D FORTRAN Program Examples

Example of Core Sorting Routine

Example of Core Merging Routine

Example of Record Input

Example of Record Output

Example of Using an Altered Sequence

E Data Types

HP Business BASIC

HP C/XL

HP COBOL II/XL

HP FORTRAN 77/XL

HP Pascal

Index

1-1 Flowchart of Intrinsic Order

1-2 SORT/XL Operations

1-3 MERGE/XL Operations

1-4 Key Comparing Operations

2-1 Core Routine

3-1 Record Input and Output

4-1 Running NLUTIL

5-1 Getting Information

C-1 ASCII/EBCDIC Character Sets

E-1 Business BASIC Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types

E-2 HP C XL Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types

E-3 HP COBOL II/XL Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types

E-4 HP FORTRAN 77/XL Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types

E-5 HP Pascal Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types

3-1 SORTREC_IN Program

3-2 SORTREC_OUT Program

4-1 SORTALT Program

D-1 SORTFILE Program

D-2 MERGEFILE Program

D-3 SORTREC_INPUT Program

D-4 SORTREC_OUTPUT Program

D-5 SORTALT Program