Each line of the display represents a variable and contains a line command area. The fields on the Variables panel function as follows:

Variable

Name of the variable. The variable name is alphanumeric, with the first character being either alphabetic or one of the special characters $, #, or @. The variable name cannot be longer than eight characters. All alphabetic characters are converted to uppercase when you press the Enter key. The Variable field is required.

P

Pool that contains the variable; a required 1-character field, where:

V

Function pool; the variable was defined with the VDEFINE service.

I

Function pool; a variable that was created by a CLIST or REXX exec, or by using the Variables option. This is an implicit variable, which was not explicitly defined by using the VDEFINE service.

S

Shared variable pool.

P

Profile variable pool.

A

Attributes of the variable, a non-modifiable 1-character field, where:

N

Non-modifiable variable. Some system-reserved variables are not modifiable.

H

Non-modifiable variable containing hexadecimal data. Some system-reserved variables are not modifiable.

X

Variable containing hexadecimal data.

T

Truncated variable value. The actual value is longer than the 2048 characters that you can display on the expanded panel.

If you change a line showing a truncated value, only the data shown on the display is stored as the new value.

Value

Value of the variable. The value can be up to 2048 characters in length. Each value is scrollable, by placing the cursor over the value and using the LEFT and RIGHT functions keys. The EXPAND function key can be used to display a full screen of data and display hexadecimal values.