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Examples

   1./FIELD=(NAME=AGENT,POSITION:1,SIZE:5)
     /FIELD=(NAME=ZIP,POSITION:6,SIZE:3)
     /FIELD=(NAME=STYLE,POSITION:10,SIZE:5)
     /FIELD=(NAME=CONDITION,POSITION:16,SIZE:9)
     /FIELD=(NAME=PRICE,POSITION:26,SIZE:5)
     /FIELD=(NAME=TAXES,POSITION:32,SIZE:5)
     /DATA=PRICE
     /DATA="  "
     /DATA=TAXES
     /DATA="  "
     /DATA=STYLE
     /DATA="  "
     /DATA=ZIP
     /DATA="  "
     /DATA=AGENT

     The /FIELD qualifiers define the fields in the records from an
     input file that has the following format:

       AGENT ZIP STYLE CONDITION PRICE TAXES

     The /DATA qualifiers, which use the field-names defined in
     the /FIELD qualifiers, reformat the records to create output
     records of the following format:

       PRICE TAXES STYLE ZIP AGENT

   2./FIELD=(NAME=AGENT,POSITION:20,SIZE:15)
     /CONDITION=(NAME=AGENCY,
                 TEST=(AGENT EQ "Real-T Trust"
                 OR
                 AGENT EQ "Realty Trust"))
        /DATA=(IF AGENCY THEN "Realty Trust" ELSE AGENT)

     In this example, two real estate files are being sorted. One
     file refers to an agency as Real-T Trust; the other refers
     to the same agency as Realty Trust. The /CONDITION and /DATA
     qualifiers instruct Sort to list the AGENT field in the sorted
     output file as Realty Trust.