Example 2

 SORT   FIELDS=(7,3,CH,D,1,5,FI,A,398.4,7.6,BI,D,99.0,230.2,
          BI,A,452,8,FL,A),DYNALLOC=(3390,4)

FIELDS

The first four values describe the major control field. It begins on byte 7 of each record, is 3 bytes long, and contains character (EBCDIC) data. It is to be sorted in descending order.

The next four values describe the second control field. It begins on byte 1, is 5 bytes long, contains fixed-point data, and is to be sorted in ascending order.

The third control field begins on the fifth bit (bits are numbered 0 through 7) of byte 398. The field is 7 bytes and 6 bits long (occupies 9 bytes), and contains binary data to be placed in descending order.

The fourth control field begins on byte 99, is 230 bytes and 2 bits long, and contains binary data. It is to be sorted in ascending order.

The fifth control field begins on byte 452, is 8 bytes long and contains normalized hexadecimal floating-point data, which is to be sorted in ascending order. If the data in this field were not normalized, you could specify E instead of A and include your own E61 user exit routine to normalize the field before the program examined it.

DYNALLOC

Four work data sets are allocated on 3390.