Establishes default qualifiers (/ALL or /NEXT, /IDENTIFIER or /STRING) for the SEARCH command. Format SET SEARCH search-default[, . . . ]
1 – Parameters
search-default Specifies a default to be established for the SEARCH command. Valid keywords (which correspond to SEARCH command qualifiers) are as follows: ALL Subsequent SEARCH commands are treated as SEARCH/ALL, rather than SEARCH/NEXT. IDENTIFIER Subsequent SEARCH commands are treated as SEARCH/IDENTIFIER, rather than SEARCH/STRING. NEXT (Default) Subsequent SEARCH commands are treated as SEARCH/NEXT, rather than SEARCH/ALL. STRING (Default) Subsequent SEARCH commands are treated as SEARCH/STRING, rather than SEARCH/IDENTIFIER.
2 – Description
The SET SEARCH command establishes default qualifiers for subsequent SEARCH commands. The parameters that you specify with SET SEARCH have the same names as the qualifiers for the SEARCH command. The qualifiers determine whether the SEARCH command: (1) searches for all occurrences of a string (ALL) or only the next occurrence (NEXT); and (2) displays any occurrence of the string (STRING) or only those occurrences in which the string is not bounded on either side by a character that can be part of an identifier in the current language (IDENTIFIER). You can override the current SEARCH default for the duration of a single SEARCH command by specifying other qualifiers. Use the SHOW SEARCH command to identify the current SEARCH defaults. Related commands: SEARCH (SET,SHOW) LANGUAGE SHOW SEARCH
3 – Example
DBG> SHOW SEARCH search settings: search for next occurrence, as a string DBG> SET SEARCH IDENTIFIER DBG> SHOW SEARCH search settings: search for next occurrence, as an identifier DBG> SET SEARCH ALL DBG> SHOW SEARCH search settings: search for all occurrences, as an identifier DBG> In this example, the SET SEARCH IDENTIFIER command directs the debugger to search for an occurrence of the string in the specified range but display the string only if it is not bounded on either side by a character that can be part of an identifier in the current language. The SET SEARCH ALL command directs the debugger to search for (and display) all occurrences of the string in the specified range.