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Copy Data from a Main Storage Location

To copy data from a main storage location into the WORK AREA, specify the following and press Enter:

FUNC=CHGE
SUBFUNC=CORE
DATA= CORE command that determines the source address
CHGELEN= length of area to be changed
LOC= starting position

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to copy data from main storage.

1. To copy 16 bytes from TWA+8 (at a CA InterTest for CICS breakpoint) into locations 48to 63 of the record, specify the following, and press Enter:

   FUNC=CHGE
   SUBFUNC=CORE
   CHGELEN=0016 		(or 0010 for FORMAT=D)
   DATA=CORE=TWA+8
   LOC=00048 		(or 002F for FORMAT=D)
   

2. Suppose you are stopped at a breakpoint in a COBOL program. You want to copy ten bytes of data from a field named SOC‑SEC‑NUMBER into locations 1 to 10 of the record. To do this, specify the following and press Enter:

   FUNC=CHGE
   SUBFUNC=CORE
   CHGELEN=0010 			(or 000A for FORMAT=D)
   DATA=CORE='SOC‑SEC‑NUMBER'
   LOC=00001 			(or 0000 for FORMAT=D)