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Add a Variable to the Keep Window (static keep element)

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.

1. Follow these rules to add a variable to the Keep window:
   • To add a variable where it is defined, type a k to the left of the statement defining it, and press Enter.
   • To add a variable 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 variable to the Keep window, CA InterTest for CICS responds by displaying the first 12 bytes of the variable in hexadecimal and character format, as shown next.

   CA InterTest for CICS Release 9.1.00   - PROTSYM FILE  ABEND DETECTED BREAKPOINT         
   COMMAND ===>                                                                    
   Program= PLIDEMO  Option #       Stmt #                             Margin= 01  
                                           Search=                                 
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    _____ EIBTRNID                        | DEMP                                   
    _____ EIBTRMID                        | U057                                   
    _____ TASKNUM                         | ?00000.                                
   ---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    _   636.1            CONTINUE_TASK:                                            
    _   637.1               MAPNUM  = '00';                                        
    A   ==>.1     1         TASKNUM = TASKNUM + 1;                                 
    _   639.1     1         IF TASKNUM > 2 THEN                                    
    _   640.1     1            GOTO END_SESSION;                                   
    _   641.1     1         IF TASKNUM = 1 THEN                                    
    _   642.1     1            GOTO SENDSCR3;                                      
    _   643.1     1         GOTO END_SESSION;   
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