A SESSION ON SORT

BY
B.THANGASAMY
There are two types of SORT

1. Internal SORT
2. External SORT
Internal SORT can be done by
using COBOL language.

External SORT can be done by

using IBM utility program SORT.
The SORT program is used to sort
data into a certain sequence.

The sort sequence can be in

Ascending or Descending.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.

FD UNSORTED-FILE
RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS.
01 UNSORTED-REC PIC X(80).

FD SORTED-FILE
RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS.
01 SORTED-REC PIC X(80).

SD SORT-FILE
RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS.
01 SORT-REC.
05 S-DEPT-NO PIC X(2).
05 FILLER PIC X(78).

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
SORT SORT-FILE ON ASCENDING KEY S-DEPT-NO
USING UNSORTED-FILE
GIVING SORTED-FILE.
Input Procedure:-
The data will be processed before
It is sorted.

Output Procedure:-
The data will be processed after
It is sorted.
100-MAIN MODULE.
SORT SORT-FILE ON ASCENDING KEY DEPT-NO
INPUT PROCEDURE 200-COUNT-RTN
GIVING SORTED-FILE
STOP RUN.
200-COUNT-RTN.
MOVE 0 TO CTR
OPEN INPUT UNSORTED-FILE
PERFORM UNTIL NO-MORE-RECS
READ UNSORTED-FILE
AT END
MOVE ‘NO’ TO MORE-RECS
NOT AT END
PERFORM 300-PROCESS-RTN
END-READ
END-PERFORM
CLOSE UNSORTED-FILE.
300-PROCESS-RTN.
ADD 1 TO CTR
RELEASE SORT-REC FROM UNSORTED-REC.
100-MAIN-MODULE.
SORT SORT-FILE ON ASCENDING KEY DEPT-NO
USING UNSORTED-FILE
OUTPUT PROCEDURE 200-COUNT-RTN
STOP RUN.
200-COUNT-RTN.
MOVE 0 TO CTR
OPEN OUTPUT SORTED-FILE
PERFORM UNTIL NO-MORE-RECS
RETURN SORT-FILE
AT END
MOVE ‘NO’ TO MORE-RECS
NOT AT END
PERFORM 300-PROCESS-RTN
END-RETURN
END-PERFORM
CLOSE SORTED-FILE.
300-PROCESS-RTN.
ADD 1 TO CTR
WRITE SORTED-REC FROM SORT-REC.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(52,9,CH,A)
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
SORTIN  INPUT FILE
SORTOUT  OUTPUT FILE
SYSIN DD *  CONTROL STATEMENTS

52  Starting position in the input file

9  sort key length
CH  The type of data stored in the file
A  Ascending Order
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(52,9,CH,A),EQUALS
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
EQUALS keyword will preserve the order of
Records with identical sort fields.

NOEQUALS is the default, and causes equal-keyed

Records to be written in a random order.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY,SKIPREC=1000

/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//

The keyword SKIPREC causes SORT to skip over 1000

Records in the input file before starting a sorting or
Copying operation.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY,STOPAFT=1000
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//

The keyword STOPAFT causes SORT to stop after 1000

Records in the input file have been sorted or copied.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(52,9,CH,A)
SUM FIELDS=NONE
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The keyword SUM FIELDS=NONE is used to eliminate
The duplicate records from the input file.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
INCLUDE COND=(52,9,CH,EQ,C’123456789’)

/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The INCLUDE control statement is used to establish
Selection criteria for the records to be included in the
Output dataset.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OMIT COND=(52,9,CH,EQ,C’123456789’)

/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The OMIT control statement is used to establish
Selection criteria for the records to be omitted
From the output dataset.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(1:1,113,
114:X'04B5',
116:116,1061,
1177:X'0000000000000C',
1184:X'0000000000000C',
1191:15Z,
1206:X'000C',
1208:2893X)
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The OUTREC control statement reformats the output file
Records after SORT operation.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
INREC FIELDS=(1:1,113,
114:X'04B5',
116:116,1061,
1177:X'0000000000000C',
1184:X'0000000000000C',
1191:15Z,
1206:X'000C',
1208:2893X)
SORT FIELDS=(52,9,CH,A)
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The INREC control statement reformats the input file
Records before SORT operation.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(1:5,4096),CONVERT
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The CONVERT control statement is used to convert the
File format from VB to FB.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTFIL FILES=HE,
INCLUDE=(5,4,CH,EQ,C'9991')
OUTFIL FILES=TR,
OMIT=(5,4,CH,EQ,C'9992')
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOFHE DD DSN=…
//SORTOFTR DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The OUTFIL control statement is used to create
Multiple output files.
//J344087M JOB (B,J,67FT00,C),’THANGASAMY’,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//SORTTA EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(29,9,CH,A)
SUM FIELDS=NONE,XSUM
/*
//SORTIN DD DSN=…,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=…
//SORTXSUM DD DSN=…
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//
The XSUM control statement is used to create
The output file with the duplicate records alone.
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