recursive-sort.rex

Pipelines v2.1

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 1
 2 /* The following pipeline reads the file: address.txt and recursively sorts the records
 3 on two key fields defined by columns: 49-61 and 34-45. */
 4
 5 Address Rxpipe
 6

7 'pipe < &installdrive:\&installpath\examples\input\address.txt', /* Read input file. */

8 '| sort 49-61 descending 34-45', /* Sort on two ranges. */

9 '| console' /* Display on the console */

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 11 Say 'Hit Enter to close..'
 12 Parse Pull
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 14 Exit 0
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Console output

Mike S. 20 Shortstop Road Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Joe F. 111 Ringside Street Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Earl A. 24 Bowling Lane Cincinnati Ohio

John M. 40 Love Court Douglaston New York

Joe N. 19 Jet Drive New York New York

Larry B. 3 Point Road Boston Massachusetts

Arnold P. 350 Yard Drive Pebble Beach California

Hit Enter to close..