ABEND statement

The ABEND statement causes IMS to issue an abend and terminate DFSDDLT0.

The following table shows the format of the ABEND statement.

Table 1. ABEND statement
Column	Function	Code	Description
1-5	Identifies control statement	ABEND	Issues abend U252. (No dump is produced unless you code DUMP on the OPTION statement.)
6-72	Reserved	b
73-80	Sequence indication	nnnnnnnn	For SYSIN2 statement override.

Examples of ABEND statement

If you use ABEND in the input stream and want a dump, you must specify DUMP on the OPTION statement. The default on the OPTION statement is NODUMP.

|---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----<
ABEND                                                                   22100010

Dump will be produced; OPTION statement provided requests dump.

|---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----<
O DUMP                                                                  22100010

No dump will be produced; OPTION statement provided requests NODUMP.

|---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----<
O NODUMP                                                                22100010