Assignment command (PL/I)

The Assignment command assigns the value of an expression to a specified reference.

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reference
A valid z/OS® Debugger PL/I reference.
expression
A valid z/OS Debugger PL/I expression.

Usage notes

  • The PL/I repetition factor is not supported by z/OS Debugger.

    For example, the following is not valid: rx = (16)'01'B;

  • If z/OS Debugger was started because of a computational condition or an attention interrupt, using an assignment to set a variable might not give the expected results. This is because z/OS Debugger cannot determine variable values within statements, only at statement boundaries.
  • The PL/I assignment statement option BY NAME is not valid in the z/OS Debugger.
  • If you are debugging a Enterprise PL/I program, the target of an assignment command cannot be the variables %EPRn, %FPRn, %GPRn, or %LPRn.
  • The Assignment command cannot be used while you replay recorded statements by using the PLAYBACK commands.

Examples

  • Assign the value 6 to variable x. 
    x = 6;
  • Assign to the z/OS Debugger variable %GPR5 the address of name_table. 
    %GPR5 = ADDR (name_table);
  • Assign to the prg_name variable the value of z/OS Debugger variable %PROGRAM. 
    prg_name = %PROGRAM;

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