Viewing statics while debugging

[Guest]

How can I see the value of a static variable when debugging? Static's don't show up in the variable-window and when I type the name of a static variable in the watch-window the debugger says this the symbol is not defined

I'm in Visual C++ 6.0

Thanks
Tom

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

How can I see the value of a static variable when debugging? Static's
don't show up in the variable-window and when I type the name of a
static variable in the watch-window the debugger says this the symbol
is not defined.

I'm in Visual C++ 6.0.

Type the fully qualified name:

struct X
{
static int i;
};

--> You need to type X::i in the watch window.

-cd

 

[Guest]

Thanks. How would I reference with the debugger a static variable that is declared and defined in a member function of a class

void theClass::theMemberFunction()

static int theVariableOfInterest = 5
. . .
// do some things including setting theVariableOfInterest to some new valu
// Somewhere down here put a breakpoin


I've tried various things, but none worked

BTW: Will this variable be shared across all instances of class 'theClass'

Thanks
To

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Thanks. How would I reference with the debugger a static variable
that is declared and defined in a member function of a class?

AFIAK, you can't.

void theClass::theMemberFunction()
{
static int theVariableOfInterest = 5;
. . .
// do some things including setting theVariableOfInterest to
some new value // Somewhere down here put a breakpoint
}

I've tried various things, but none worked.

You could set a breakpoint in the function, determine the address of the
local static, and then add a watch to that address, I suppose.

BTW: Will this variable be shared across all instances of class
'theClass'?

Yes.

-cd