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Quick Watch: Expanding/Contracting Items
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The Quick Watch (??) command allows you to
■ Expand or contract nested structures and arrays
■ View variables, structures, or arrays addressed by pointers
■ Add any structure or array to the watch window
Expandable items appear with a plus sign (+) in the Quick Watch
dialog box. Once expanded, an item appears with a minus sign
(-).
Expanding an item has the following effects:
Item Action
Nested Expands the structure so that the dialog box
structure displays each member of the nested structure.
Pointer "Dereferences" the pointer; that is, displays the
data that the pointer addresses.
Array Expands the array so that the dialog box displays
each element of the array.
Contracting an item reverses the effects described above.
NOTE: You can add any expression in the Quick Watch dialog box to
the watch window by selecting the <Add Watch> button.
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