| SAS Component Language: Reference |
When a debugging session starts, the
debugger SOURCE window
opens above the debugger MESSAGE window. The debugger SOURCE window displays
the text of the current SCL program. The debugger MESSAGE window echoes the
commands that you enter from the debugger command prompt, DEBUG>.
You can enter debugger commands from the following
locations:
- the debugger command prompt DEBUG>
- the main SAS command line, if the command
menus
are active
- the command line at the top of the debugger MESSAGE
window, if active. However, each debugger command that you enter from the
command line must be preceded with the word SCL, as in this example, which
sets a breakpoint at line 10:
scl b 10
When you enter a debugger command, the SCL debugger
- echoes the command in the debugger MESSAGE
window
- checks the syntax of the command and the parameters
that you entered. The debugger returns error messages for any syntax errors
and reports the positions of the errors.
- prints the results of the command in the debugger
MESSAGE window if there are no errors.
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| Retrieving Previously Entered Commands |
If the debugger
detects an error in your command, you can recall
the previous command, fix the error, and press the ENTER key to re-execute
the command.
There are two ways to retrieve commands that you previously
entered:
- Use the ? command, which enables you to retrieve
up to the last five commands. This feature recalls a command once after you
press ENTER and does not cycle through the commands again.
- Define a function key (using the KEYS command)
to issue the AGAIN command. Once the key is defined, position the cursor
on a line in the debugger MESSAGE window and press the key that is defined
as the AGAIN command. The text on that line is displayed on the debugger
command line. You can re-edit the line and then re-execute the command or
commands.
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