In a mainframe FOCEXEC, how do you display the contents of variables in a _TYPE statement?

For example, would this be the correct format?

-TYPE HERE IS MY VARIABLE: &VARIABLENAME

I just want to be able to see what some of my variables contain at different points in my FOCEXEC and will be putting this _TYPE to use.

Or.... is there a better or easier way to see what my variables contain within the running of a FOCEXEC?

Thanks in advance!

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What you have stated should work just fine. Have you tried it?

You can also put a -SET &ECHO=ALL; at the beginning of your program.

-? &
will list all the defined variables and their values

If you want to see this in a running program, this only works in an HTML report.
If you get the report, you left click and ask to see the source.

Thank you to all who have responded! Frank, is that a mainframe FOCUS thing? Or is that WebFocus? I don't recall seeing that mouse clicks work on the mainframe as such.... if I am mistaken, please let me kow!

Use what I told you to do. That's all we had in the olden days.

There is also TOE or Terminal Operator Environment if that is still around.

It's Webfocus

If you only have mainframe, you should put in some exits I think before you get the real report.

Ginny, thanks.... that's exactly what I used and it worked great. It's been a real killer, since prior to my current job it had been close to 10 years since I used FOCUS....the rutiness rears its ugly head sometimes.

Frank, a quote from my original posting in this thread:

quote:

In a mainframe FOCEXEC, how do you display the contents of variables in a _TYPE statement?

and a question for you - what would putting in some exits do for my original question?