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Old 04-01-2021, 06:54 PM   #1
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Question C programming debug

Is there any program in Linux to see,step by step, the behaviour of the variables in executing a C file?
 
Old 04-02-2021, 01:20 AM   #2
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Yes, you could run your program with gdb and set a watchpoint.

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watch <variable>
More info can be found here https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/o...et-Watchpoints
 
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yes, gdb and you can also try ddd (which is a graphical frontend to gdb).
 
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Old 04-10-2021, 07:34 AM   #4
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Thank you both. It was very usefull.
 
  


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