Is it possible to view an array in the Visual Studio debugger? QuickWatch only shows the first element of the array.
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You can try this nice little trick for C++. Take the expression which gives you the array and then append a comma and the number of elements you want to see. Expanding that value will show you elements 0-(N-1) where N is the number you add after the comma.
For example if "pArray" is the array, type "pArray,10" in the watch window.
JaredPar
2009-06-09 21:10:11
This is soooo ridiculously hard to figure out by oneself, exceptionally useful and easy to achieve.
Sergej Andrejev
2010-10-23 14:49:29
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Hover your mouse cursor over the name of the array, then hover over the little (+) icon that appears.
RichieHindle
2009-06-09 21:10:22
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Are you trying to view an array with memory allocated dynamically? If not, you can view an array for C++ and C# by putting it in the watch window in the debugger, with its contents visible when you expand the array on the little (+) in the watch window by a left mouse-click.
If it's a pointer to a dynamically allocated array, to view N contents of the pointer, type "pointer, N" in the watch window of the debugger. Note, N must be an integer or the debugger will give you an error saying it can't access the contents. Then, left click on the little (+) icon that appears to view the contents.
stanigator
2009-06-09 21:12:56