/FIELD=(NAME=RECORD_TYPE,POS:1,SIZ:1) ! Records type, one-byte field /FIELD=(NAME=PRICE,POS:2,SIZ:8) ! Price field, both files /FIELD=(NAME=TAXES,POS:10,SIZ:5) ! Taxes field, both files /FIELD=(NAME=STYLE_A,POS:15,SIZ:10) ! Style field, format A file /FIELD=(NAME=STYLE_B,POS:20,SIZ:10) ! Style field, format B file /FIELD=(NAME=ZIP_A,POS:25,SIZ:5) ! Zip code field, format A file /FIELD=(NAME=ZIP_B,POS:15,SIZ:5) ! Zip code field, format B file /CONDITION=(NAME=FORMAT_A, ! Condition test, format A file TEST=(RECORD_TYPE EQ "A")) /CONDITION=(NAME=FORMAT_B, ! Condition test, format B file TEST=(RECORD_TYPE EQ "B")) KEY=ZIP_A, DATA=PRICE, DATA=TAXES, DATA=STYLE_A, DATA=ZIP_A) /INCLUDE=(CONDITION=FORMAT_B, ! Output format, type B records KEY=ZIP_B, DATA=PRICE, DATA=TAXES, DATA=STYLE_B, DATA=ZIP_B) In this example, two input files from two different branches of a real estate agency are sorted according to the instructions specified in a specification file. The records in the first file that begin with an A in the first position have this format: |A|PRICE|TAXES|STYLE|ZIP| 1 2 10 15 25 The records in the second file that begin with a B in the first position and have the style and zip code fields reversed, as follows: |B|PRICE|TAXES|ZIP|STYLE| 1 2 10 15 20 To sort these two files on the zip code field in the format of record A, first define the fields in both records with the /FIELD qualifiers. Then, specify a test to distinguish between the two types of records with the /CONDITION qualifiers. Finally, the /INCLUDE qualifiers change the record format of type B to record format of type A on output. Note that, if you specify either key or data fields in an /INCLUDE qualifier, you must explicitly specify all the key and data fields for the sort operation in the /INCLUDE qualifier. Also note that records that are not type A or type B are omitted from the sort.