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7.117 SORT_LIST
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The SORT_LIST command is used to sort a list into a nominated sequence.
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For the IBM i where each pointer is 16 bytes and the maximum block size is 16MB, only 1MB of entries can be sorted.
For 32-bit Windows system where a pointer is 4 bytes and it is theoretically possible to allocate a 1GB block of memory, the limit is much higher.
Refer to the 7.26 DEF_LIST command for further information of lists and list processing.
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SORT_LIST ---- NAMED -------- *FIRST --------------------------> name of list BY_FIELDS
BY_FIELDS ------ name of field --- *ASCEND ------| | *DESCEND | | expandable group expression |
100 maximum -------- |