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Display the Value of a Data Item

Display data items from where they are defined (for example, from the Working‑Storage, Local-Storage, or Linkage sections), or from where the data items are referenced in the code.

To display the value of a data item from where it is defined, follow these steps:

1. Enter d to the left of the line defining it. For multiple data items, enter d next to the definition of each item that you want to display.
2. Press Enter. CA InterTest for CICS responds with a main storage display.

If you requested more than one item for display, CA InterTest for CICS responds with a structured CORE storage display for the first item selected. The message line on the screen prompts you to press Clear to view the next item, or press PF3 to cancel the remaining requests. After the last item is displayed, press Clear to return to the Source Listing Breakpoint display.

To display the value of a data item from where it is used in the code, follow these steps:

1. Enter d to the left of any line in the compiled listing that contains the item.
2. Move the cursor under any alphanumeric character in the data item.
3. Press Enter.

CA InterTest for CICS responds with a main storage display. The first field on the display screen is the value of the data item you requested.

Important! If an Assembler variable is redefined in the code with a using statement other than the original DSECT in which it was originally contained, then the display of the data item should be made from where it is defined, not from where referenced.