Re: Debugging C program strings with STRDBG

[Niels Liisberg <nli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ev *dataarea :s 1000

.. so simple :)

On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> some days ago, I finally found an easy entry into using the interactive
> debugger for debugging an RPG program.
>
> Now I try to debug a C program. So I place the cursor on a char variable
> and all I get is e. g.:
>
> dataarea = SPP:F441AE89590011B0
>
> I presume SPP is for Space Pointer?
>
> Is there an easy way to retrieve that string within the debugger?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Please note: I'm doing this on stone age V4R5. :-)
>
> :wq! PoC
>
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