z/OS Debugger commands that resemble C and C++ commands

z/OS® Debugger's command language is a subset of C and C++ commands and has the same syntactical requirements. z/OS Debugger allows you to work in a language you are familiar with so learning a new set of commands is not necessary.

The table below shows the interpretive subset of C and C++ commands recognized by z/OS Debugger.

Command Description
block ({}) Composite command grouping
break Termination of loops or switch commands
declarations Declaration of session variables
do/while Iterative looping
expression Any C expression except the conditional (?) operator
for Iterative looping
if Conditional execution
switch Conditional execution

This subset of commands is valid only when the current programming language is C or C++.

In addition to the subset of C and C++ commands that you can use is a list of reserved keywords used and recognized by C and C++ that you cannot abbreviate, use as variable names, or use as any other type of identifier.

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