Re: Debug - possible to break when variable contains a certain value?

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:15 PM, <MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As I started this answer with, this is an 'If I recall correctly' thing.
My memory is usually pretty good, but there are times...

Use of %SCAN was rejected with CPF7E20, wich suggests

... "Refer to the language reference manual for the language you are using
for a technical description of the grammar recognized by the Source
Debugger."


Sure enough, in "Removing Conditional Job Breakpoints" in ILE RPG
Programmer's Guide we have

... The relational operators supported for conditional breakpoints are <,

, =, <=, >=, and <> (not equal).

A fuller understanding of "grammar recognized by the Source Debugger" would
seem to require a careful reading of "Chapter 12. Debugging Programs" as
that information appears to be sprinkled throughout in descriptions of
various debugging tasks. For example, %substr() is supported:


Here's one I've been running into a lot lately. Eval sometimes can't show
the value of a based variable. You can use basing pointer in the expression:

... eval varxPtr1->varx