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Examples

The next examples show a number of CORE commands that are described in following sections:

• To display the COBOL Working‑storage area, enter:

  CORE=CWK
  

• To display the data item EMPLOYEE‑NUMBER enter the command shown next. The data item is a variable or fixed length.

  CORE='EMPLOYEE‑NUMBER'
  

• To display main storage beginning hexadecimal 10 bytes (or 16 bytes) after the data location TABLE, enter:

  CORE='TABLE'+10
  

• To display main storage hexadecimal 100 bytes (or 256 bytes) after the start of the area currently on display, enter:

  CORE+100 or CORE+256T
  

• To display the storage area that is hexadecimal 100 bytes (or 256 bytes) before the area currently on display, enter:

  CORE‑100 or CORE‑256T
  

• To display (for Assembler programs) the area at displacement TIOATDL from the address in the register equated to TIOABAR, enter:

  CORE='TIOABAR.TIOATDL'
  

• To display the CUSTOMER‑NUMBER as found in CUSTOMER‑FILE‑A, enter:

  CORE='CUSTOMER‑NUMBER OF CUSTOMER‑FILE‑A'
  

• To display the ZIP‑CODE in a specific CITY for a specific CUSTOMER enter the command shown next.. Notice that each comma must be followed by a space.

  CORE='ZIP‑CODE(NAME‑IDX, CITY‑IDX, ZIP‑IDX)'
  

The following table summarizes how you enter locations and displacements in CORE commands. For details,CORE Commands for PL/1 Symbolic Programs later in this chapter.