Accessing COBOL variables

z/OS® Debugger obtains information about a program variable by name, using information that is contained in the symbol table built by the compiler. You make the symbol table available to z/OS Debugger by compiling with the TEST compiler option.

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

• Related tasks
• Choosing TEST or NOTEST compiler suboptions for COBOL programs