On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 18:10:28 -0600, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:
>I am trying to sort a Rexx "array" starting with the second "word" of the >variables. My "array" is in Index.n and contains records of the form <nnnn >some descriptive string> where nnnn is 0001, 0002, 0003, etc. and string is 2 >to 5 Rexx "words." > >Here's my Rexx code: > > Say "Before sort" Index.0 Index.1 Index.2 Index.3 > stdout.0 = 0 > stderr.0 = 0 > Call BPXWUNIX "/bin/sort -k2",Index.,Index.,stderr. > Do i = 1 to stderr.0 > Say "Sort error:" stderr.i > End i > Say "After sort" Index.0 Index.1 Index.2 Index.3 > >And here is the output: > >Before sort 8 0001 Main Check 0002 OMVS (FTP Session) 0003 C Validation >After sort 8 0001 Main Check 0002 OMVS (FTP Session) 0003 C Validation > >My expectation is that -k2 would have caused sort to sort on the "descriptive >strings" (ignoring the nnnn) but obviously that is not what has happened. What >am I doing wrong? (I have tried both -k2 and -k 2, and also -k1 and +1 -- all >with the same results.) > >Thanks, >Charles Use a different Stem Name for the output, it can't be the same name as the input. -- Dale R. Smith ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
