Specifying the boundaries of a search in the Source window

You can specify that z/OS® Debugger search through a limited number of columns in the Source window, which can be useful when you are searching through a very large source file and some text is organized in specific columns. You can specify the boundaries to use for the current search or for all searches. The column alignment of the source might not match the original source code. The column specifications for the FIND command are related to the scale shown in the Source window, not the original source code.

To specify the boundaries for the current search, enter the FIND command and specify the search string and the boundaries. For example, to search for "ABC" in columns 7 through 12, enter the following command: 
FIND "ABC" 7 12;
To search for "VAR1" that begins in column 8 or any column after that, enter the following command: 
FIND "VAR1" 8 *;
To search for "VAR1" beginning in column 1, enter the following command: 
FIND "VAR1" 1;
To specify the default boundaries to use for all searches, enter the SET FIND BOUNDS command, specifying the left and right boundaries. After you enter the SET FIND BOUNDS command, every time you enter the FIND command without specifying boundaries, z/OS Debugger searches for the string you specified only within those boundaries. For example, to specify that you want z/OS Debugger to always search for text within columns 7 through 52, enter the following command: 
SET FIND BOUNDS 7 52;
Afterward, every time you enter the FIND command without specifying boundaries, z/OS Debugger searches only within columns 7 through 52. To reset the boundaries to the default setting, which is 1 through *, enter the following command: 
SET FIND BOUNDS;

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

  • Related references
  • Example: Searching for COBOL paragraph names
  • FIND command in IBM® z/OS Debugger Reference and Messages
  • SET FIND BOUNDS command in IBM z/OS Debugger Reference and Messages
  • QUERY command in IBM z/OS Debugger Reference and Messages