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Figure 190: The Tools >
Expression List Window
Viewing a List of Variables
Viewing a List of Variables
As you debug your program, you may want to monitor a variable’s value as
your program executes. For many types of information, the Expression List
Window offers a more compact display than the Variable Window for displaying
scalar variables. (See Figure 190.)
The topics discussing the Expression List Window are:
� “Entering Variables and Expressions” on page 303
� “Entering Expressions into the Expression Column” on page 305
� “Using the Expression List with Multi-process/Multi-threaded Programs” on
page 307
� “Reevaluating, Reopening, Rebinding, and Restarting” on page 307
� “Seeing More Information” on page 308
� “Sorting, Reordering, and Editing” on page 309
Entering Variables and Expressions
You can place information in the first column of the Expression List Window
in the following ways:
� Type information into a blank cell in the Expression column. When you do
this, the context for what you are typing is the current PC in the process
and thread indicated in the Threads box. If you type my_var in the window
shown in the previous section, you would type the value of my_var
in process 1, thread 1.
� Right-click on a line in the Process Window Source or Stack Frame Panes.
From the displayed context menu, select Add to Expression List. The following
figure shows the context menu that TotalView displays in the Source
Pane: (See Figure 191 on page 304.)
� Right-click on something in a Variable Window. Select Add to Expression
List from the displayed context menu. You can also use the View > Add
to Expression List command.
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