On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:13:34 -0500, John P. Baker wrote: >Kirk, > >The following example illustrates what I am trying to do -- > >Call BPXWUNIX "sort -k 3 -k 4 -k 1 -k 2", table_in., table_out., messages_out. >; > >In the above example, "table_in." in a stem variable containing the rows to be >sorted, "table_out." Is a stem variable into which the sorted rows are to be >written, and "messages_out." Is a stem variable into which any error messages >are to be written. > >The "-k n" parameters indicates the space/tab delimited fields which are to be >used as sort keys. > >The problem that I am experiencing is that the data is being sorted using the >ASCII collating sequence (i.e., numerics precede alphabetics). > >Which I get the table back, "B12" precedes "BBB". > >This makes the subsequent binary search subroutine fail since as far as it is >concerned, the rows contained in stem variable "table_out." are not sorted. > >There is an optional fifth parameter (another stem variable) which allows >environmental variable settings to be passed. > >I tried setting LC_COLLATE to no effect. > >Any recommendations will be most welcome. >
Try setting LC_COLLATE=S370 or SAA env.0=1 env.1='LC_COLLATE=S370' Call BPXWUNIX "sort -k 3 -k 4 -k 1 -k 2", table_in., table_out., messages_out.,env.; Bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
