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TAL: Count How Often an Instruction Is Executed

The TAL option counts the number of times a program reaches a specified location. This option is useful with a conditional breakpoint because it lets you specify how often a program should be halted within a loop. Use the loopnumber parameter when specifying an unconditional breakpoint to perform the same task.

To count the number of times an instruction executes, enter:

TAL=locn

locn

Specifies a program location as a COBOL paragraph name (in quotes), a PL/I or Assembler label (in quotes), a COBOL or PL/I statement number (preceded by a # sign), or a hexadecimal displacement from the beginning of the program.