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<br>and stops reading subsequent ''new'' input files when it encounters a file that doesn't exist (or is empty). |
<br>and stops reading subsequent ''new'' input files when it encounters a file that doesn't exist (or is empty). |
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No ''heap'' is needed to keep track of which record was written |
No ''heap'' is needed to keep track of which record was written, nor needs replenishing from its input file. |
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<lang rexx>/*REXX pgm reads sorted files (1.TXT, 2.TXT, ···), and writes sorted data ───► ALL.TXT */ |
<lang rexx>/*REXX pgm reads sorted files (1.TXT, 2.TXT, ···), and writes sorted data ───► ALL.TXT */ |
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$=copies('FF'x, 1e5) /*no value should be larger than this. */ |
$=copies('FF'x, 1e5) /*no value should be larger than this. */ |
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