assign values to symbols in python debugger (pdb)

Question

Using pdb.set_trace(), I am trying to debug a series of expression in which j is used as an indexing variable. statements such as j = 0 are not allowed since j is a reserved symbol for pdb. How can I get around this?

Answer 1

!j = 0

From the docs:

[!]statement

Execute the (one-line) statement in the context of the current stack frame. The exclamation point can be omitted unless the first word of the statement resembles a debugger command.