MERGE

The following parameters of this DFSORT control statement are supported in MFSORT and MFJSORT:

>--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-expression field 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.