MERGE

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).

>--MERGE--FIELDS=-(logical-expression)--FORMAT=f-----<<

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

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

Parameter	Fields
FIELDS	`(FILSZ=x \| size=y]`

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 options for the logical-expression field are supported:

>--relational-condition1--.----------------------------------------.---<<
                          | +-------------------.---------------+  |
                          | V                                   |  |
                          +-.-,-.-AND-.--,relational-condition2-.--.
                                +-OR--+

The following options for the relational-expressionfield are supported:

>--.-(p1,m1.---------.,binary-operator,-.-p2,m2,format-.)----------------.-->
   |       +-,format-+                  +-constant-----+                 |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,.-----.-.-EQ-.-,-.-constant-.-)------------------------------+
   |        +-SS,-+ +-NE-+   +-NUM------+                                |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,format,-.-EQ-.-,-NUM)----------------------------------------|
   |                +-NE-+                                               |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,-.----.-,-bit-operator,-mask)--------------------------------|
   |         +-BI-+                                                      |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,-.-------------.-,-binary-operator,-.-p2,m2,-.------------.)-+
             +-date-format-+                    |        +date-format-+ 
                                                +-constant------------+

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.