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SORT (continued)

Alphabetical Output

Most bibliographic files with sorting capability allow a sort on the Author and Title fields. Other databases allow alphabetical sorting on fields such as Company Name or City. Sorting can be performed in either ascending (A to Z) or descending (Z to A) order. The default is ascending.

Numeric Output

In some databases, you can sort numeric fields to arrange search results in a form that may give additional information beyond that supplied in the records themselves. For example, some databases include data in the records on Sales (SA or SL). You can sort search results by this field and request them in descending order (i.e., sales figures arranged from highest to lowest). The output will provide information about the relative sales positions of each company.

Note: It is recommended that before you issue a REPORT command you SORT the set you are using to build your report. Sorting the set first provides a more precise report.

(Descending Order Option (,D)) 

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