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  3. October 2005

RE: Sorting an array w/multiple fields

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   2. Re: Sorting an array w/multiple fields (Scott Klement)
>
>When I run this, it gives me -7,-4,-2,0,1,4,6, as you'd expect.  But when 
>you posted your results, the negative numbers weren't in the right order. 
>So, why does mine work, and yours not?
>
>Maybe a PTF issue?

Scott:

You used zoned decimal instead of packed. And you are using single-digit 
values. Because the zone bits shift position between zoned and packed numbers 
at the right _AND_ there's only one significant digit, the results might be 
expected.

Tom Liotta

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