what are the steps to sort in a cobol program?

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what are the steps to sort in a cobol program?..

Answer / snehatechm

sort file-1 on ascending/descending key using file-2 giving
file-3

file-1 is the work file and it should be defined in SD
file-2 is the input file and it should be defined in FD
file-3 is the output file and it should be in FD.

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what are the steps to sort in a cobol program?..

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SORT WORK-FILE ON
ASCENDING KEY AS WS-KEY1
DESCENDING KEY WS-KEY2
USING INPUT-FILE GIVING OUTPUT-FILE.

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