/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb MERGE, Specification File Qualifiers, /DATA, Examples  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    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.