Structure of the Core Routines

A simple sorting or merging operation can be performed using only three intrinsics and a subset of their parameters.

HPSORTINIT begins the sorting process and HPMERGEINIT begins the merging process. Parameters define what will be passed to the utility. All HPSORTINIT and HPMERGEINIT parameters are optional.
This core routine uses parameters to define the input and output files, output format, record length, keys, and a variable to return error information.

HPSORTERRORMESS returns the error message associated with the error number returned in the status parameter of HPSORTINIT. HPMERGEERRORMESS returns the error message associated with the error number returned in the status parameter of HPMERGEINIT

Intrinsic parameters are positional. If a parameter is not specified in an intrinsic call, its position must be maintained by a comma.




	NOTE: You must initialize and end a sort or a merge within the same procedure. That is, `HPSORTEND` must be called from the same procedure that called `HPSORTINIT`, and `HPMERGEEND` must be called from the same procedure that called `HPMERGEINIT`. You may run only one sorting or merging operation at a time. You can not nest them.

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Figure 2-1 Core Routine

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