.* Example by TenFiftyTwo(c).

.* The following pipeline reads the input file: example.txt, selects the records from the third

.* paragraph and sorts them. The two ELASTIC stages ensure that the pipeline does not stall and

.* that records from other paragraphs are buffered and then fed back to the first pipeline 

.* in the correct order.

pipe (endchar ?)

     < &installdrive:\&installpath\Examples\Input\example.txt .* Read the input file.

     | a: drop 11                      .* Select only records..

     | b: take 5                       .* ..12 through 16.

     | sort anycase                    .* Sort the records.

     | specs recno strip 1.2 w1-* nw   .* Insert leading record number.

     | c: fanin 1 0 2                  .* Read streams in paragraph output order.

     | cons                            .* Display on the console.

     ?

     a:                                .* Unselected records 1 to 11.

     | elastic                         .* Buffer as necessary.

     | c:                              .* Back to main pipeline.

     ?

     b:                                .* Unselected records 17 to e-o-f.

     | elastic                         .* Buffer as necessary.

     | c:                              .* Back to main pipeline.