How to view contents of an array while debugging in Code Blocks?

Question

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,

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.