Native Inspect Manual (H06.13+, J06.03+)

format
The following options are supported:
• a – address
• c – char
• d – signed decimal
• f – float
• i – instruction
• o – octal
• s – string
• t – binary
• u – unsigned decimal
• x – hexadecimal
size
The following options are supported:
• b – byte
• h – half word (16 bits)
• w – word (32 bits)
• g – giant (64 bits or 8 bytes)
address
The address in memory at which you want the display to start.
For additional details regarding COBOL programs, see Chapter 3: Using Native Inspect With
COBOL Programs.
Default Values
The defaulting rules for arguments to the x command enable you to easily display successive
memory ranges using the same formatting:
• Default address – If you do not specify an address, the x command displays memory following
the last address examined, or 0 if no address was previously examined.
• Default format – If you do not specify format, the x command uses the format specifications
(format, size, and number) that you most recently specified with the x command.
These defaults (the last address examined, and the format specification) are set by a number of
commands—the x command, the info breakpoints command, the info line command,
and the print Command when you use it to display memory.
Convenience Variables $_ and $__
The convenience variables $_ and $__ store information about the most recent x command. The
convenience variable $_ is automatically set by the x command to the last address examined,
and $__ stores the contents of that address formatted as specified in the command.
Repeating the Last x Command
After you enter an x command, you can repeat it by pressing the Enter key at the next Native
Inspect prompt. The effect is the same as if you had entered another x command with no parameters:
listing continues with the address following the last one listed. This ability to repeat continues until
you enter any other Native Inspect command.
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