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Expressions with Data Characteristics

When an expression component has associated data characteristics, the length of the display depends on:

• The length attribute of the symbol
• The length attribute of the end symbol
• The explicit length

Length Attribute of the Symbol

The length attribute of the symbol is used as the default value.

For example, this command requests the display of register 1:

list :r1

The length attribute of a general register is four bytes. The debugger uses the register attribute as the default value and issues the following display in response to the above command:

00000000

Length Attribute of the End Symbol

The length attribute of the end symbol in an expression range delineates the end of the display. For example, this command requests a display of register 1 through register 3:

list :r1 to :r3

The debugger responds with a display that includes the full four-byte length of register 3:

00000000 00000001 00000002

Explicit Length

An explicit length overrides the display length implied by the data characteristics of a symbol.

This table lists the length attributes of debugger symbols: