SET VERIFY

Purpose

Operands

ON

specifies all lines changed by subcommands are to be displayed. (This is the initial setting for a typewriter terminal.)

OFF

specifies lines changed by subcommands are not to be displayed. (This is the initial setting for a display terminal.)

Hex

displays the data in hexadecimal notation.

startcol endcol

are a pair of column numbers that define an area to be displayed.

*

indicates LRECL will be used for endcol.

Initial Setting

Based on file type. See File Type Defaults.

Usage Notes

1. You can specify up to 28 pairs of columns. For example:

   v 1 20 40 50

   displays columns 1 through 20 and 40 through 50.
2. You can display an area in both EBCDIC and hexadecimal. For example:

   v 1 20 H 1 20

   displays columns 1 through 20 in both EBCDIC and hexadecimal.
3. You can change the data in either the EBCDIC or the hexadecimal display. To change the hexadecimal display, enter changes in hexadecimal. If you type an invalid hexadecimal code, the following message is displayed on the first line of the screen (the file identification line):

   Invalid hex-data on screen:

4. The SET IMAGE setting affects the way hexadecimal data is treated. For example, if IMAGE is ON and you enter a X'05', it expands into X'40's (or to whatever the FILLER character is in hexadecimal) to the next tab position.
5. In multiple views of the same column, if changes are made on the screen the right-most change is the effective one.
6. The columns specified in a SET VERIFY subcommand override any RIGHT or LEFT subcommand in effect.
7. The editor displays a file line on as many screen lines as necessary. You can turn off this automatic line wrapping feature by issuing the appropriate SET VERIFY subcommand.

   For example, the default VERIFY setting for a SCRIPT file type is 1-132. To display only columns 1-72 of each line, thereby preventing lines longer than 72 characters from wrapping around to the next screen line, you could issue SET VERIFY 1 72. (You could then use a RIGHT subcommand to view the columns of data extending past column 72.)

   The message lines or reserved lines may effect the number of wrapped lines that are displayed.

   Automatic line wrapping is not available on vertical screens.

   In a GUI environment, to improve performance choose a verify setting that prevents automatic line wrapping.

8. For typewriter terminals, the maximum verify width is 132.
9. Adding characters or blanks using the terminal's Insert key will result in lost data. Use XEDIT subcommands, such as CINSERT to avoid lost information.
   For example, if you specify v 1 20 and the result is:

          |....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+
   
   00001   This is an example o

   Inserting the characters '1. ' using the terminal's Insert key and pressing the Enter key would result in:

          |....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+
   
   00001   1. This is an exampl

   The characters 'e o' will no longer be contained in the line and will not be displayed even if the verify columns are expanded to display additional columns. For more information on the CINSERT subcommand, see CINSERT.

Messages and Return Codes

009E

Column nn exceeds record length (nn) [RC=5]

520E

Invalid operand: operand [RC=5]

545E

Missing operand(s) [RC=5]

575E

Invalid [argument or] {JOIN|SPLIT|TABS|VERIFY|ZONE} column(s) defined [RC=5]

576E

{Total verify width exceeds screen size (nn)|Total offset exceeds LRECL (nn)} [RC=5]

581E

Subcommand is not valid in extended mode [RC=3]

where return codes are: