How to see actual value of a C++ string in CLion's debugger?

Question

I'm using CLion on Linux and having difficulties with debugging. I evaluated an expression which ends up being a string, but the debugger is useless at showing me what the return value is, other than that it is a string. How do I see the actual value? (also note it doesn't even show the value of char values)

Answer 1

With gdb you can print std::string by below 2 methods.

1. p mystr.c_str() -this can be used to print value of type std::string.
2. p *(char**) 0x7f8fbb7a9c20 -this works for a memory with type std::string.