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For a raw pointer to an array in C++, the content of the first N elements can be seen by copying the expression into the Watch window of Visual Studio and appending a comma followed by the number of elements you want to see (for example: testArray, 10). How can the same memory content be seen in the Watch window when the array is created using a smart pointer? For example, if a unique_ptr is created via this statement:

unique_ptr<int[]> testArray = make_unique<int[]>(100)

How can we see the first 10 elements in the buffer?

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The get() method of smart pointer should be used : testArray.get() , 10

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Try this watch: testArray._Mypair._Myval2, 10

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This is reliant on implementation details. It's kind of a textbook example of what not to do, sorry ;)
@AsteroidsWithWings, true, but this works whereas x.get(),10 does not. test.get(),10 Function std::unique_ptr<__int64 [0],std::default_delete<__int64 [0]> >::get has no address, possibly due to compiler optimizations.

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