SORT

The following parameters of this SYNCSORT control statement are supported in MFSORT and MFJSORT. To enable this support, set the MFJSENGINE environment variable.

Note: SYNCSORT emulation allows you to omit the equals sign (=) between a keyword and its bracketed parameters; for example, OUTREC(05:5,10).

                    +---,---+                   +---------,------------+
                    V       |                   V                      |
>--SORT--FIELDS=-.-(.-p,m,f-.)----------------.-.--.-.-EQUALS---.---.--.----<<
                 |                            |    + +-NOEQUALS-+   |
                 |  +--,--------+             |    |                |
                 |  V           |             |    +-SKIPREC=z------+
                 +-(.-p,m,.---.-.)-,-FORMAT=f-+    +-STOPAFT=n------+
                 |        +-f-+               |    +-Y2PAST=-.-s-.--+
                 +-COPY-----------------------+    |         +-f-+  |
                                                   +-CENTWIN=-.-s-.-+
                                                              +-f-+

Note: The maximum size of a sort field is 256 characters.

In this COBOL system, the following parameter fields for this control statement are only parsed and ignored:

Parameter	Fields
FIELDS	`CKPT` `DYNALLOC [=(d \| n \| d, n \| OFF)]` `FILSZ = (x \| Ex \| Ux)` `SIZE = (y \| Ey \| Uy)`

Parameter

Fields

FIELDS

CKPT

DYNALLOC [=(d | n | d, n | OFF)]

FILSZ = (x | Ex | Ux)

SIZE = (y | Ey | Uy)

Use the following table as a guide to help you understand the options that are ignored:

Symbol	Meaning
(...)	Options within these brackets are required.
[...]	Options with these brackets are optional.
+	This symbol follows a set of required or optional brackets to indicate that more than one option can be specified, delimited by a comma.
\|	This symbol delimits options enclosed in required or optional brackets, to indicate a choice from these options.

The following field formats are supported, where applicable:

Field	Supported formats
`Binary-operator`	EQ, GE, GT, LE, LT, NE.
`Bit-operator`	ALL, BM, BNM, BNO, BNZ, BO, BZ, NONE, NOTALL, NOTNONE, NOTSOME, SOME.
`Date-format`	Y2B, Y2C, Y2D, Y2P, Y2S, Y2T, Y2U, Y2V, Y2W, Y2X, Y2Y, Y2Z, Y2TP, Y2UP, Y2VP, Y2WP, Y2XP, Y2YP.
`Format`	AQ, BI, CH, CLO, CSF, CSL, CST, CTO, FI, FL, FS, LS, OL, OT, PD, PD0, SB, SS, TS, ZD.