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/LENGTH

/STEPS

System Dump Analyzer SEARCH — VMS 4.6

        SEARCH [/qualifiers...] range[=]expression

    SDA evaluates the expression and searches the range of memory for all
    occurrences of that value.  As each occurrence is found, its location
    is displayed.

    Specify a memory range as a starting location and an ending location,
    separated by a colon (:), or as a location and a length, in bytes,
    separated by a semicolon (;).

Additional information available:

/LENGTH/STEPS

/LENGTH=length_specifier

    This qualifier specifies the size of the expression value to be
    used for successful matching during searches of memory. The
    possible values of this qualifier are:

        LONGWORD - specifies that the expression to be searched for
                   is four bytes in length. This is the default value.

        WORD     - specifies that the expression to be searched for
                   is two bytes in length.

        BYTE     - specifies that the expression to be searched for
                   is one byte in length.

/STEPS=step_factor

    This qualifier controls the granularity of searching through the
    specified memory range.  As each comparison of memory occurs, the
    value of this qualifier determines what the next memory location
    to be searched will be.  The possible step_factors are:

        QUADWORD - specifies a step_factor of eight bytes.

        LONGWORD - specifies a step_factor of four bytes.  This is the
                   default value for this qualifier.

        WORD     - specifies a step_factor of two  bytes.

        BYTE     - specifies a step_factor of one byte.

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