Example 3

 MERGE FIELDS=(25,4,A,48,8,A),FORMAT=ZD

FIELDS

The major control field begins on byte 25 of each record, is 4 bytes long, and contains zoned decimal data that has been placed in ascending sequence.

The second control field begins on byte 48, is 8 bytes long, is also in zoned decimal format, and is also in ascending sequence. The FORMAT parameter is used to indicate that both fields have ZD format.