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Sample DSETLINE Statements and Resulting Set Descriptions

To Create a Three-Line Set Description:

To create a three-line set description containing the set name in line 1, the set order in line 2, and the pointers in line 3, use these parameter statements:

DSETLINE SET-NAME
DSETLINE SET-ORDER
DSETLINE POINTERS

A resulting set description looks like this:

                         **********************************
────────────────#1#─►*             SPORTS             *
 ACTIVITY-TYPES          * 8112   F      32     CALC   DN *
 LAST                    *           SPORT-NAME           *
 NPO                     *         STUDENT-REGION         *
                         **********************************

To Create Blank Fields or Blank Lines in a Set Description:

You can create blank fields or blank lines in the set description to make room in the data structure diagram for handwritten information. A set description with a blank five-character field in the first line and a blank second line is specified like this:

DSETLINE SET-NAME,BLANK 5,SET-ORDER
DSETLINE

The resulting set description:

                                          ************************************
──────────────────────────────#1#─► *              SPORTS              *
 ACTIVITY-TYPES          LAST             * 8112    F      32     CALC    DN *
                                          *            SPORT-NAME            *
                                          *          STUDENT-REGION          *
                                          ************************************

To Combine Explicit and Implicit Placement of Sort Keys:

A set description with the first sort key on the second line and additional sort keys on the last lines is specified like this:

DSETLINE SET-NAME
DSETLINE SET-ORDER(1)
DSETLINE POINTERS,MEM-OPT,SET-MODE
DSETLINE SET-ORDER(N)

The resulting set description:

                                  /
                                 #
                                6
                               #
                              /
                             /
                            /      DEPT-TEACHER
****************************       LAST          *******************************
*         DEPT             *       NPO OM        *           TEACHER           *
* 1000 F   52   CALC   DN  *--#5#-------------─►* 1001  F      76    CALC DN   *
*       DEPT-NAME          *--#9#-------------─►*            TCHR-ID           *
*      DEPT-REGION         * X-TCHR-LNAME        *          DEPT-REGION        *
**************************** ASC TCHR-LNAME-A DL *******************************
                             N   MA MODE = INDEX

Use of SET-ORDER(N) always reserves a position in the set description, even when there are not enough sort or index keys to actually need it.