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access.sort

Verb: Access/Access: Verbs, Releases: AP and R83

Sorts file.

Syntax

sort file.reference {itemlist} {seqlist} {sellist} {modlist} {outlist} {print limiters} {(options)}

Description

generates sorted and formatted output of selected items and attributes from a specified file.

The output produced by sort is identical to the output produced by list when the 'by' modifier is specified.

Options

* see 'options: Access'.

Example

sort entity by company by name with name 'PICK]' company name id-supp
(p

Prints a list of entity items sorted by company and name, whose name starts
with 'PICK'. The company and name are printed, and the entity item-id
is not printed.

See Also

Command Name Type Description
access.options Definition Standard options: b,c,d,h,i,j,k,n,p,r,s,u,y
list.processor Definition Access output-processing facility.
access.modifiers.modlist Definition Defines list of modifiers.
access.modifiers Definition List of Access modifiers.
access.outlist Definition Defines list of attributes to output.
access.by-exp Modifier Explodes multi-values for sorting purposes.
access.by-dsnd Modifier Defines descending sort key in Access sentence.
access.seqlist Definition Definies collation sequence.
access.sellist Definition Defines selection criteria portion of an Access sentence.
access.selection.criteria Definition Description of Access selection criteria.
access.itemlist Definition Defines a specific list of item-ids.
access.by-exp-dsnd Modifier Explodes multi-values in descending sequence.
access.by Modifier Defines (ascending) sort key in Access sentence.
tcl.wsort Verb: Access Same as 'sort', but uses indices if present.
access.list Verb: Access Lists file.
access.verbs Definition General form of Access sentences.

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