Add a Variable to the Keep Window

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Add a Variable to the Keep Window

You can add variables to the Keep window whenever your source listing is displayed. Identify the variables whose values you want to observe either before you execute the program, or when you are at a breakpoint.

Follow these rules to add a variable to the Keep window:

To add a variable where it is defined, type k to the left of the statement defining it and press Enter. You will be asked to specify the base register, as shown in the previous screen.
To add a variable where it is referenced, type k to the left of the statement referencing it, place the cursor under any character in the variable, and press Enter.

When you add a variable to the Keep window, CA InterTest for CICS displays the variable in its data-type appropriate displayable form:

CA InterTest for CICS Release 9.1.00 - PROTSYM FILE ABEND DETECTED BREAKPOINT COMMAND ===> Program= ASMDEMO Option # Stmt # Displacement= Margin= 01 Search= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ R13.TASKNUM | 00000. ---------++-------------------------------------------------------------------- Loc Object Code Addr1 Addr2 Stmt Source Statement _ 000192 4050 D1B0 001B0 1456 STH R5,MSGLEN A 000196 FA20 D189 4AE8 00189 02AE8 ==> AP TASKNUM,=P'1' _ 00019C F920 D189 4AE9 00189 02AE9 1458 CP TASKNUM,=P'2' _ 0001A2 4720 2328 00328 1459 BH ENDMSG _ 0001A6 F920 D189 4AE8 00189 02AE8 1460 CP TASKNUM,=P'1' _ 0001AC 4780 227E 0027E 1461 BE SENDSCR4 _ 0001B0 47F0 2328 00328 1462 B ENDMSG _ 0001B4 1464 RETURN DS 0H 1465 * EXEC CICS SEND FROM(OUTMSG 1466 DFHECALL =X'04043000080000 0001B4 4110 D068 00068 ),(FB_2,OUTLEN) 1482 * EXEC CICS SEND FROM(SCREEN 1483 DFHECALL =X'04043000080000 0001DA 4110 D068 00068 2),(FB_2,MSGLEN) 1499 * EXEC CICS RETURN 1500 * TRANSID(EIBTRNID)