MEMORY command

Specifies an address to use as the starting address for the memory displayed in the Memory window.

If the address you specify is invalid, z/OS® Debugger displays an error message.

The MEMORY command cannot be saved and restored.


>>-MEMORY--+-address-----------+--;----------------------------><
           +-reference---------+      
           +-'--reference--'---+      
           '-simple_expression-'

address: The address to use as the starting address for the memory displayed in the Memory window.
reference: A variable whose location in memory is used as the starting address of the memory displayed in the Memory window.
'reference': A LangX COBOL variable whose location in memory is used as the starting address of the memory displayed in the Memory window.
simple_expression: The address with a positive or negative hexadecimal or integer displacement. The resulting value is the starting address of the memory displayed in the Memory window.

Usage notes

For COBOL, if you specify a variable with reference modification, then the storage location of that variable is used as a base address, not the location of the specified reference.
If you specify address with more than 8 significant digits or if reference references 64-bit addressable storage, z/OS Debugger assumes that the storage location is 64-bit addressable storage. Otherwise, z/OS Debugger assumes that the storage location is 31-bit addressable storage.
For C and C++, if reference is a pointer, z/OS Debugger displays the contents at the address given by that pointer.

Examples

Display memory starting at X'2503D008' by entering the following command:
```
MEMORY X'2503D008';
```
This address becomes the base address.
Display memory starting at the storage location of variable Employee_name by entering the following command:
```
MEMORY Employee_name;
```
The address of Employee_name becomes the base address.
Display memory starting 100 hex bytes after X'0045CB00' by entering the following command:
```
MEMORY x'0045CB00' + x'100'
```
The base address is X'0045CC00'.

Refer to the following sections for more information related to the material discussed in this section.

Refer to the following topics for more information related to the material discussed in this topic.

Related tasks
"z/OS Debugger session panel" in the IBM® z/OS Debugger User's Guide
"Switching between the Memory window and Log window" in the IBM z/OS Debugger User's Guide
"Displaying the Memory window" in the IBM z/OS Debugger User's Guide
Related references
address