How to print string value from breakpoint action in Xcode 4?

Question

I have a breakpoint action and am using the Log option from the drop down. I'd like to print out the string (summary) value. I'm doing this:

the person name is: @p.name@ 

but that prints the memory address. I can switch to the Debugger Command option and do

po f.name 

but then I lose my description, as used in the first option. Using the Log option, is there a way to print the string value and not the memory address?

Answer 1

You can use NSLog statements with breakpoints using "Debugger Command", but you need to add "expr"

expr (void)NSLog(@"The Person Name is %@", p.name) 

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