Create variable while in VS Code C/C++ debug console

Question

While debugging the main function in Debug Console, I want to create a new variable called 'b' and assign a integer value 9 to it, but it compalins about 'b' being undefined. Why am I getting this error and how can I get around it?

-> int b = 9;
   identifier "b" is undefined

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

int main()
{
    int i = 0; 
    printf("i is %d", i);
    return 0;
}

Daniel Kleinstein · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-04 20:24:41Z

1

In gdb in general, you can define convenience variables like so:

set $b = 9

in order to do this from the Debug Console, you must use the -exec prefix:

-exec set $b = 9

and you can then write lines like

-exec p i + $b

(where i is your C variable).

In picture:

and you can even use these convenience variables in places like the Watch interface:

answered Sep 4, 2021 at 20:24

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