VMS Help MERGE, Specification File Qualifiers, /FIELD  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Specification File Qualifier

    Defines the input record fields to be used for a sort or merge
    operation or in a conditional evaluation, or whose order or
    format will change in the output record. You identify each field
    by specifying a name, its position and size in the record, and
    its data type.

    You can also use /FIELD to define a constant and assign it a
    value of any valid sort/merge data-type for use in /KEY, /DATA,
    and /CONDITION statements.

    Formats

      /FIELD=(NAME=field-name,POSITION:n,)

      SIZE:n,[DIGITS:n,]data-type

      /FIELD=(NAME=field-name,VALUE:n,)

      SIZE:n,[DIGITS:n,]data-type

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• Qualifier Values
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