Binder Manual (G06.27+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

BIND Commands

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MODIFY Command

The MODIFY command changes the values of words in the code and data blocks of

the target file. No changes are made to existing files.

You can use MODIFY with nested code blocks (blocks with a lexical level greater than

one); however, if you do not specify a fully qualified name, Binder selects the first

occurrence of the code block name in the file.

CODE code-block-name

specifies the name of a code block in the include code block list to be modified.

Use the INFO INCLUDE CODE * command to display the include code block list.

DATA data-block-name

is the name of a data block in the include data block list to be modified. Use the

INFO INCLUDE DATA * command to display the include data block list.

modify-spec

specifies the input format for value and the output format for the current values.

The default is OCTAL. modify-spec is one of the following:

ASCII

DECIMAL

HEX

OCTAL

offset

is the offset, in octal, from the base of the block of the word to receive value. The

default is the base of the block (offset 0).

value

is an expression that replaces the word contents. Binder prompts (interactively) for

the new value if you omit it and assumes value is in the same format as modify-

spec. You must enclose an ASCII value in quotation marks.

If you specify more than one value, Binder modifies word locations sequentially.

Considerations

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Prompting Sequence.

MODIFY { CODE code-block-name }

{ DATA data-block-name }

[ modify-spec ] [ offset ] [ , value ]...