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DESCRIBE -- Describes the data type of one or more variables.


FORMAT

  DEScribe   variable1, ... variableN


REQUIRED ARGUMENT

  variable      At least one, and optionally more, program variables or
                debugger variables.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

  None.


DESCRIPTION

  Use DESCRIBE to find the data type, size, and storage attribute (local,
  static, or register) of one or more variables.  Note that DESCRIBE does not
  display the contents of the variables.  Use the EXAMINE or PRINT commands
  (described in this chapter) to display the contents of variables.

  You may wish to use the ENVIRONMENT command before issuing a DESCRIBE command.

  For full details, see Chapter 3 of the DOMAIN Language Level Debugger
  Reference manual.

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