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[BY]
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END-SORT
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* If a
statement
label is specified, it must be placed before the keyword
SORT, but after END-ALL (and
AND).
SORT
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[BY]
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operand1 |
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ASCENDING
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This document covers the following topics:
For an explanation of the symbols used in the syntax diagram, see Syntax Symbols.
Related Statement: FIND with SORTED BY
option
Belongs to Function Group: Loop Execution
The SORT statement is used to perform a sort operation,
sorting the records from all processing loops that are active when the
SORT statement is executed.
Note:
Natural creates a temporary work file during the
sort operation. If you specify the TMPSORTUNIQ
profile parameter (see the Parameter Reference
documentation), Natural generates a unique name for the temporary sort work
file.
The SORT statement must be contained in the same
object as the processing loops whose records it sorts.
Nested SORT statements are not allowed.
The total length of a record to be sorted must not exceed 10240 bytes.
The number of sort criteria must not exceed 10.
Operand Definition Table:
| Operand | Possible Structure | Possible Formats | Referencing Permitted | Dynamic Definition | |||||||||||||||
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operand1
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S | A | N | P | I | F | B | D | T | no | no | ||||||||
Syntax Element Description:
| Syntax Element | Description |
|---|---|
END-ALL
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Closing All Currently Active Loops:
In structured mode, the Note: |
operand1
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Sort Criteria:
Note: |
ASCENDING
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Sort Sequence:
The default sort sequence is ascending. If you wish the values to be sorted in
descending sequence, specify
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DESCENDING
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USING |
USING Clause:
See USING Clause below. Note: |
GIVE |
GIVE Clause:
See GIVE Clause below. |
END-SORT
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End of SORT Statement:
In structured mode, the Natural reserved word In reporting mode, the Natural statement |
LOOP |
The USING clause indicates the fields which are to be written to
intermediate sort storage. It is required in structured mode and optional in reporting
mode. However, it is strongly recommended to also use it in reporting mode so as to
reduce memory requirements.
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Operand Definition Table:
| Operand | Possible Structure | Possible Formats | Referencing Permitted | Dynamic Definition | |||||||||||||||
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operand2
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S | A | A | N | P | I | F | B | D | T | L | C | no | no | |||||
Syntax Element Description:
In Reporting Mode: If you omit the USING clause, all database
fields of processing loops initiated before the SORT statement, as well as
all user-defined variables defined before the SORT statement, will be
written to intermediate sort storage.
If, after sort execution, a reference is made to a field which was not written to the sort intermediate storage, the value for the field will be the last value of the field before the sort.
The GIVE clause is used to specify Natural system functions (such as
MAX,
MIN)
that are to be evaluated in the first phase of the SORT statement. These
system functions may be referenced in the third phase (see SORT Statement Processing).
A reference to a system function after the SORT statement must be preceded
by an asterisk, for example, *AVER(SALARY).
Note:
In place of the keyword GIVE, the keyword
GIVING may be used.
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COUNT |
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GIVE
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NCOUNT |
[OF]
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OLD |
operand3
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AVER |
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NAVER |
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SUM |
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TOTAL |
Operand Definition Table:
| Operand | Possible Structure | Possible Formats | Referencing Permitted | Dynamic Definition | |||||||||||||||
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operand3
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S | A | * | yes | no | ||||||||||||||
* depends on function
Syntax Element Description:
| Syntax Element | Description |
|---|---|
MAX | MIN |
NMIN |
COUNT |
NCOUNT |
OLD |
AVER |
NAVER |
SUM |
TOTAL
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System Functions:
For details on the individual system functions, see the System Functions documentation. |
operand3
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Field Name:
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(NL=nn.m)
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Preventing Arithmetic Overflows:
This option applies to the system functions This option may be used to prevent an arithmetic overflow during the evaluation of system functions; it is described under Format/Length Requirements for AVER, NAVER, SUM and TOTAL in the System Functions documentation. |
A program containing a SORT statement is executed in
three phases.
The statements before the SORT statement are executed.
Data as described in the USING clause will be written to
intermediate sort storage.
In reporting mode, any variables to be used as accumulators
following the sort must not be defined before the SORT statement.
In structured mode, they must not be included in the
USING clause. Fields
written to intermediate sort storage cannot be used as accumulators because
they are read back with each individual record during the 3rd processing phase.
Consequently, the accumulation function would not produce the desired result
because with each record the field would be overwritten with the value for that
individual record.
The number of records written to intermediate storage is determined
by the number of processing loops and the number of records processed per loop.
One record on the internal intermediate storage is created each time the
SORT statement is encountered in a processing loop. In the case of
nested loops, a record is only written to intermediate storage if the inner
loop is executed. If in the example below a record is to be written to
intermediate storage even if no records are found for the inner
(FIND) loop, the FIND statement must contain an
IF NO RECORDS
FOUND clause.
READ ... ... FIND ... ... END-ALL SORT ... DISPLAY ... END-SORT ...
The records are sorted.
The statements after the SORT statement are executed
for all records on the intermediate storage in the specified sorting sequence.
Database fields to be referenced after a SORT statement must be
correctly referenced using the appropriate statement label or reference
number.
** Example 'SRTEX1S': SORT (structured mode)
************************************************************************
DEFINE DATA LOCAL
1 EMPL-VIEW VIEW OF EMPLOYEES
2 CITY
2 SALARY (1:2)
2 PERSONNEL-ID
2 CURR-CODE (1:2)
*
1 #AVG (P11)
1 #TOTAL-TOTAL (P11)
1 #TOTAL-SALARY (P11)
1 #AVER-PERCENT (N3.2)
END-DEFINE
*
LIMIT 3
FIND EMPL-VIEW WITH CITY = 'BOSTON'
COMPUTE #TOTAL-SALARY = SALARY (1) + SALARY (2)
ACCEPT IF #TOTAL-SALARY GT 0
/*
END-ALL
AND
SORT BY PERSONNEL-ID USING #TOTAL-SALARY SALARY(*) CURR-CODE(1)
GIVE AVER(#TOTAL-SALARY)
/*
AT START OF DATA
WRITE NOTITLE '*' (40)
'AVG CUMULATIVE SALARY:' *AVER (#TOTAL-SALARY) /
MOVE *AVER (#TOTAL-SALARY) TO #AVG
END-START
COMPUTE ROUNDED #AVER-PERCENT = #TOTAL-SALARY / #AVG * 100
ADD #TOTAL-SALARY TO #TOTAL-TOTAL
/*
DISPLAY NOTITLE PERSONNEL-ID SALARY (1) SALARY (2)
#TOTAL-SALARY CURR-CODE (1)
'PERCENT/OF/AVER' #AVER-PERCENT
AT END OF DATA
WRITE / '*' (40) 'TOTAL SALARIES PAID: ' #TOTAL-TOTAL
END-ENDDATA
END-SORT
*
END
PERSONNEL ANNUAL ANNUAL #TOTAL-SALARY CURRENCY PERCENT
ID SALARY SALARY CODE OF
AVER
--------- ---------- ---------- ------------- -------- -------
**************************************** AVG CUMULATIVE SALARY: 41900
20007000 16000 15200 31200 USD 74.00
20019200 18000 17100 35100 USD 83.00
20020000 30500 28900 59400 USD 141.00
**************************************** TOTAL SALARIES PAID: 125700
The previous example is executed as follows:
Records with CITY=BOSTON are selected from the EMPLOYEES
file.
The first 2 occurrences of SALARY are accumulated in the field
#TOTAL-SALARY.
Only records with #TOTAL-SALARY greater than 0 are accepted.
The records are written to the sort intermediate storage. The database arrays
SALARY (first 2 occurrences) and CURR-CODE (first
occurrence), the database field PERSONNEL-ID, and the user-defined
variable #TOTAL-SALARY are written to the intermediate storage.
The average of #TOTAL-SALARY is evaluated.
The records are sorted.
The sorted intermediate storage is read.
At the at-start-of-data condition, the average of #TOTAL-SALARY is
displayed.
#TOTAL-SALARY is added to #TOTAL-TOTAL and the fields
PERSONNEL-ID, SALARY(1), SALARY(2),
#AVER-PERCENT and #TOTAL-SALARY are displayed.
At the end-of-data condition, the variable #TOTAL-TOTAL is
written.
Equivalent reporting-mode example: SRTEX1R.
** Example 'SRTEX2': SORT
************************************************************************
DEFINE DATA LOCAL
1 VEHIC-VIEW VIEW OF VEHICLES
2 MAKE
2 YEAR
END-DEFINE
*
LIMIT 10
*
READ VEHIC-VIEW
END-ALL
SORT BY MAKE YEAR USING KEY
DISPLAY NOTITLE (AL=15) MAKE (IS=ON) YEAR
AT BREAK OF MAKE
WRITE '-' (20)
END-BREAK
END-SORT
END
MAKE YEAR
--------------- -----
FIAT 1980
1982
1984
--------------------
PEUGEOT 1980
1982
1985
--------------------
RENAULT 1980
1980
1982
1982
--------------------
** Example 'SRTEX3': SORT values in an array *********************************************************************** DEFINE DATA LOCAL 1 #I (I4) 1 #J (I4) 1 #X (I1) 1 #TAB (I1/1:6) INIT <2,4,6,5,3,1> END-DEFINE WRITE 'Array before SORT:' #TAB(*) / * FOR #I := 1 TO 6 #X := #TAB(#I) WRITE #X '<-- Put into SORT record' END-ALL SORT #X USING KEYS WRITE #X '<-- Get from SORT' ADD 1 TO #J #TAB(#J) := #X END-SORT * WRITE / 'Array after SORT:' #TAB(*) END
Array before SORT: 2 4 6 5 3 1
2 <-- Put into SORT record
4 <-- Put into SORT record
6 <-- Put into SORT record
5 <-- Put into SORT record
3 <-- Put into SORT record
1 <-- Put into SORT record
1 <-- Get from SORT
2 <-- Get from SORT
3 <-- Get from SORT
4 <-- Get from SORT
5 <-- Get from SORT
6 <-- Get from SORT
Array after SORT: 1 2 3 4 5 6
In Natural, sort operations are by default processed by Natural's internal sort program, as described above. However, an external sort program can be used. This external sort program then processes the sort operations instead of Natural's internal sort program.
As external sort programs DMExpress Syncsort for Linux and IRI CoSort for Linux are supported.
Whether an external sort program is used or not, can be determined while you install Natural. For further information, see Re-Linking a Natural Nucleus in the Installation documentation.
The records that are to be sorted will be temporarily stored
in the directory specified under TMP_PATH in the
Installation Assignments of your
Local Configuration File.