The SCL Debugger

EXAMINE

Displays the value of one or more variables

Abbreviations:

EX, E

Syntax

EXAMINE arg-list | _ALL_

arg-list

contains one or more arguments specified in the form <entry-name\>variable:

entry-name\: names a catalog entry that contains an SCL program.
variable: identifies a standard SCL variable. The program that uses variable must already be loaded in the application's execution stack.

_ALL_

examines all variables defined in all programs in the application's execution stack.

The EXAMINE command displays the value of one or more specified variables or object attributes.

Note: You can examine only one object attribute at a time. [cautionend]

Display the values of variables N and STR:
```
DEBUG> e n str
```
The output to the debugger MESSAGE window is
```
e n str
N = 10
STR = 'abcdef'
```
Display variable A in the entry TEST1.SCL, variable B in the current program, and variable C in the entry TEST2.SCL:
```
DEBUG> e test1\a b test2\c
```
Display the elements i, j, and k of the array CRR:
```
DEBUG> e crr[i, j, k]
```
Display the elements i+1, j*2, k-3 of the array CRR:
```
DEBUG> e crr[i+1, j*2, k-3]
```
Display the value of the text in the Text Entry control NAME:
```
DEBUG> e name.text
```
Display the value of the enabled attribute on object1:
```
DEBUG> e object1.enabled
```
Display the reference ID of an object or a list:
```
DEBUG> e object1
```
or
```
DEBUG> e object1.attributeList
```
Once the reference ID is known, use PUTLIST to display the list data.