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LOC Field

The LOC field determines where the display starts. For example, if the LOC field specifies 002F, the first byte of data displayed is the 48th byte of the record.

The line numbers under the LOC field and the scale to the right of the FORMAT field help you determine the location of any byte of data. Each line number indicates the first byte of data in that line.

To locate a particular byte, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the correct line number.
  2. Go across to the correct position. For example, to locate the 48th byte of data (X'2F') in the record in the previous figure, go to LOC line 0020.
  3. Go across to position FF. This byte contains a 'P' (X'D7'ss).