<record length>

──<arithmetic expression>──────────────────────────────────────────────┤

The record length specifies the length, in words or characters (depending on whether the array parameters of the compare procedure are word or character arrays, respectively) of the largest item that is to be sorted. If the value of the arithmetic expression is not a positive integer, the largest integer that is not greater than the absolute value of the expression is used; for example, a record length of 12 is used if the expression has a value of –12.995. If the value of the arithmetic expression is zero, the program terminates.