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Use the Cursor

Follow these rules when using the cursor to display main storage:

• Place the cursor under any character in a data name, Assembler register, or Assembler label.
• Do not place the cursor under a comma, parenthesis, COBOL verb, Assembler masks, Assembler data items in the form A+B or A‑B+n, or under any comment area.

To display complex data items, use one of the following methods:

• Display qualified data names as follows: For X of Y, place the cursor under X in any line of code.
• Display subscripted or indexed data names as follows:

  For Y(s1, s2, s3):

  • To get the value of Y at s1, s2, s3, place the cursor under Y
  • To get the value of s1, place the cursor under s1