HP 9000 User Manual page 62

Ellipsis Symbol
The ellipsis symbol ( ... ) specifies that a sequence of characters collates
according to its encoded character values. This means that when an ellipsis is
used, all characters with a coded-character-set value greater than the value
of the character in the preceding line and less than the coded-character-set
value in the following line, will collate in between the two in ascending order,
according to their coded-character-set values.
In the following example, the ellipsis indicates that the characters B, C, D
and E (in the ASCII character set) will collate between A and F in the order
according to their values in the character set.
order_start
'A' 'A'; 'A'
'F' 'F'; 'F'
order_end
In this case the order is B, C, D and E. Please note that the use of the ellipsis
symbol ties the definition to a specific, coded-character set such as ASCII or
EBCDIC.
UNDEFINED Symbol
The symbol
UNDEFINED
is interpreted as "including all coded-character-set
values not specified explicitly or via the ellipsis symbol". Such characters
that are not specified, but belong to the character set, are inserted in the
character collation order at the point indicated by the symbol
UNDEFINED,
and
in ascending order according to their coded-character-set values.
In the following example, A to Z will collate before 1 to 9 and all characters
not defined (not between A-Z or between 1-9) will collate, according to their
coded-character-set values, between Z and
1.
order_start
'A' 'A'; 'A'
'Z' 'Z';
'z'
UNDEFIlED
'1' '1';'1'
'9' '9'; '9'
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