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This is probably a silly question and i am posting this Post-Googling, The question is,

How do i view the contents of an array while debugging, Provided the Breakpoint is in function not Main?

I am using code::blocks 13.12 version and i set a break point in my sample simple c++ code, and i want to observe how the contents of the array change with the code but all i see is the the address of the array under watch window, It is however displaying the values of other integer variables correctly,

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a is an array

I forgot to mention that i am tracking the array in a function and not in main,and i am aware that main passes the address of the array to the function being called(by reference i meant)

I am relatively new to codeblocks, Am i missing some setting or something?

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Reset to default
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Right click on the cell, then select "Properties", there you can tell it to "watch as array", and tell it the index range to watch.

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When I right click on the cell, all options including properties are greyed out except delete all option. Do you know why?
@zed111 It seems you cannot edit the properties of the automatic watches: function arguments and locals. You need to add that variable again to set its properties it seems.
That's right. Then, just go to the code and do what michaeltang said to add that variable again.
About telling the range: Start must be 0 and Count must be the array size
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i am using 12.11. I select the array variable suppose a, choose "watch a" in the right button down menu, and I can see the values in the array a.

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I am using 17.12, I right click to add vector a to watch and I can't see the values, just the same useless information as the original posted asked about.
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Another thing that I use is watching under cursor.

If you go Settings -> Debugger... -> GDB/CDB debugger -> Default and you enable selection "Evaluate expressions under cursor", every time you leave mouse pointer above a variable in the code, it will be watched.

It's not the same with having it in Watches toolbar, but strangely it will show array's fields.

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Debug -> Debugging windows -> Watches

you may watch the variables in this way

in convenience, you can find button "Debugging Windows" near to the debug toolbar, choose "watch", hope you can find it!

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