How can I monitor variable value changes in eclipse?

[aegean247]

Hi my friends,

I'm wondering how I can monitor the variable value changes in eclipse? Thank you!

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Aegean,
This is my first post in this forum, just something to remember : )

[Junky]

Your question is unclear. You can run your code in debug mode.

[Norm]

I've also wondered about this style of debugging. Can you have the debugger stop when the value of a variable is set to a given value?
The work around is to add lines of code at each point the variable is changed to fall into a if statement to a place where you can set a break:

if(variable has desired value) {
  int x = 213;  // Some dummy code that you can add a break point to
}

I had a debugger on a system I worked on in the early 80s that had that feature.

[Junky]

I'm not that familiar with debuggers.

You generally place a break point on a certain line of code. The program pauses when it gets to that break point and you can then find out what values variables hold at that point in time. I think it may be possible to add some logic as per your example

[aegean247]

I think using conditional breakpoint trigger will do that. Just right-click on the breakpoint and select breakpoint properties and you'll see.
Check the details in: Debugging with the Eclipse Platform