COBOL Debugging Programs › Keeping Data Items in the Keep Window › Add a Data Item to the Keep Window (static keep element)

Add a Data Item to the Keep Window (static keep element)

You can add data items to the Keep window whenever your source listing is displayed. Identify the data items 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 data item to the Keep window:

• To add a data item where it is defined, type a k to the left of the statement defining it, and press Enter.
• To add a data item where it is referenced, type a k to the left of the statement referencing it, place the cursor under any character in the item, and press Enter.

When you add a data item to the Keep window, CA InterTest responds by displaying the data item, as shown next.

    CA InterTest for CICS V9.1   - PROTSYM FILE  ABEND DETECTED BREAKPOINT    

COMMAND ===>                                                                   
Program= COBDEMO  Option #       Stmt #                             Margin= 01  
                                        Search=                                 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 _____ EIBTRNID                        | DEMC                                  
 _____ EIBTRMID                        | U087                                   
 _____ TASKNUM                         | ?00000.                                
---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 _ 000477 CONTINUE-TASK.                                                        
   000478**** TASKNUM *NOTE* FIELD MUST BE INITIALIZED                          
 A    ==>     ADD +1 TO TASKNUM. 
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