Declarations (assembler, disassembly, and LangX COBOL)

Use declarations to declare session variables that are effective during a z/OS® Debugger session. Session variables remain in effect for the entire debug session, or process in which they were declared. Variables declared with declarations can be used in other z/OS Debugger commands as if they were declared to the compiler. Declared variables are removed when your z/OS Debugger session ends or when the CLEAR command is used to remove them.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramidentifierDS FFL nXXL nCCL nHHL nAAL nBBL nPPL nZZL nEDL
identifier
A valid assembler identifier.
F, FLn, X, XLn, C, CLn, H, HLn, A, ALn, B, BLn, P, PLn, Z, ZLn, E, D, L
Type codes that correspond to the types used in the assembler DC instruction. See the High Level Assembler for MVS & VM & VSE: Language Reference for details about the meaning of these type codes.

Usage note

The range of valid n values depends on the type specifier as follows:

  • C and X: 1 to 65525
  • F, H, and A: 1 to 4
  • B: 1 to 256
  • P and Z: 1 to 16