Is there a trick to see NSString values in an NSMutableArray in Xcode debugger?

Question

When I debug, I never get the value of an NSString inside of an array. All I see are cryptic symbols, probably memory addresses of something like 0x1dc3753. I dig into all the stuff and expand everything, but no humanly readable value at all. Not really useful at all. How do you go about this (besides NSLogging everything)?

Answer 1

Also, same thing as 'Print Description' is to type po variableName in the debugger console.

Answer 2

You should be able to see at least an abbreviated string in the variables pane when you expand a NSMutableArray. If you can't, that suggest you don't actually have strings as elements.

In the variables pane, control-click and from the pop-up menu select Show Type Column. Then when you drilled down into the array, it will show you the class of each element.