Hi

When debugging I often want to inspect the contents of vectors. I usually do
this with a watch window statement like:

myVec._First[0]

thus showing the contents of the first element etc.
Even better: To see a list of several elements in the vector I use a
statement like:

myVec._First,10

This gives a tree with the first 10 elements of the vector as expandable
nodes. Very neat. But sadly this does not always work. A lot of the time I
just get an error when trying to use the , syntax. Does anyone know why?
Could it be related to the contents of the vector (e.g. pointers or simple
types), or is it related to the scope of the vector variable (local, global,
class member etc)? Any workarounds to make it work always? ,10 is so much
faster than having to check [0], [1],...[9] one at a time...

Tug.

Hi Tug,

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The syntax appears alright, however the "myVec._First,10" is the VC6.0's
syntax, and under VC7.1, it should be "myVec._Myfirst,10".

If it is not your problem, would you please give us some scenario while
this watch statement does'n work?


Thanks!

Best regards,

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Visual Studio 2005 debug watch windows fail to honor that syntax. at most i can get the entire vector displayed. not usefull if i want to see element 999901.

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