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| <h3 class="section">10.7 Automatic Display</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-automatic-display-665"></a><a name="index-display-of-expressions-666"></a> |
| If you find that you want to print the value of an expression frequently |
| (to see how it changes), you might want to add it to the <dfn>automatic |
| display list</dfn> so that <span class="sc">gdb</span> prints its value each time your program stops. |
| Each expression added to the list is given a number to identify it; |
| to remove an expression from the list, you specify that number. |
| The automatic display looks like this: |
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| <pre class="smallexample"> 2: foo = 38 |
| 3: bar[5] = (struct hack *) 0x3804 |
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| <p class="noindent">This display shows item numbers, expressions and their current values. As with |
| displays you request manually using <code>x</code> or <code>print</code>, you can |
| specify the output format you prefer; in fact, <code>display</code> decides |
| whether to use <code>print</code> or <code>x</code> depending your format |
| specification—it uses <code>x</code> if you specify either the ‘<samp><span class="samp">i</span></samp>’ |
| or ‘<samp><span class="samp">s</span></samp>’ format, or a unit size; otherwise it uses <code>print</code>. |
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| <a name="index-display-667"></a> |
| <dl><dt><code>display </code><var>expr</var><dd>Add the expression <var>expr</var> to the list of expressions to display |
| each time your program stops. See <a href="Expressions.html#Expressions">Expressions</a>. |
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| <p><code>display</code> does not repeat if you press <RET> again after using it. |
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| <br><dt><code>display/</code><var>fmt</var> <var>expr</var><dd>For <var>fmt</var> specifying only a display format and not a size or |
| count, add the expression <var>expr</var> to the auto-display list but |
| arrange to display it each time in the specified format <var>fmt</var>. |
| See <a href="Output-Formats.html#Output-Formats">Output Formats</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>display/</code><var>fmt</var> <var>addr</var><dd>For <var>fmt</var> ‘<samp><span class="samp">i</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">s</span></samp>’, or including a unit-size or a |
| number of units, add the expression <var>addr</var> as a memory address to |
| be examined each time your program stops. Examining means in effect |
| doing ‘<samp><span class="samp">x/</span><var>fmt</var> <var>addr</var></samp>’. See <a href="Memory.html#Memory">Examining Memory</a>. |
| </dl> |
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| <p>For example, ‘<samp><span class="samp">display/i $pc</span></samp>’ can be helpful, to see the machine |
| instruction about to be executed each time execution stops (‘<samp><span class="samp">$pc</span></samp>’ |
| is a common name for the program counter; see <a href="Registers.html#Registers">Registers</a>). |
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| <dl><dt><code>undisplay </code><var>dnums</var><code>...</code><dt><code>delete display </code><var>dnums</var><code>...</code><dd>Remove items from the list of expressions to display. Specify the |
| numbers of the displays that you want affected with the command |
| argument <var>dnums</var>. It can be a single display number, one of the |
| numbers shown in the first field of the ‘<samp><span class="samp">info display</span></samp>’ display; |
| or it could be a range of display numbers, as in <code>2-4</code>. |
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| <p><code>undisplay</code> does not repeat if you press <RET> after using it. |
| (Otherwise you would just get the error ‘<samp><span class="samp">No display number ...</span></samp>’.) |
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| <p><a name="index-disable-display-670"></a><br><dt><code>disable display </code><var>dnums</var><code>...</code><dd>Disable the display of item numbers <var>dnums</var>. A disabled display |
| item is not printed automatically, but is not forgotten. It may be |
| enabled again later. Specify the numbers of the displays that you |
| want affected with the command argument <var>dnums</var>. It can be a |
| single display number, one of the numbers shown in the first field of |
| the ‘<samp><span class="samp">info display</span></samp>’ display; or it could be a range of display |
| numbers, as in <code>2-4</code>. |
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| <p><a name="index-enable-display-671"></a><br><dt><code>enable display </code><var>dnums</var><code>...</code><dd>Enable display of item numbers <var>dnums</var>. It becomes effective once |
| again in auto display of its expression, until you specify otherwise. |
| Specify the numbers of the displays that you want affected with the |
| command argument <var>dnums</var>. It can be a single display number, one |
| of the numbers shown in the first field of the ‘<samp><span class="samp">info display</span></samp>’ |
| display; or it could be a range of display numbers, as in <code>2-4</code>. |
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| <br><dt><code>display</code><dd>Display the current values of the expressions on the list, just as is |
| done when your program stops. |
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| <p><a name="index-info-display-672"></a><br><dt><code>info display</code><dd>Print the list of expressions previously set up to display |
| automatically, each one with its item number, but without showing the |
| values. This includes disabled expressions, which are marked as such. |
| It also includes expressions which would not be displayed right now |
| because they refer to automatic variables not currently available. |
| </dl> |
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| <p><a name="index-display-disabled-out-of-scope-673"></a>If a display expression refers to local variables, then it does not make |
| sense outside the lexical context for which it was set up. Such an |
| expression is disabled when execution enters a context where one of its |
| variables is not defined. For example, if you give the command |
| <code>display last_char</code> while inside a function with an argument |
| <code>last_char</code>, <span class="sc">gdb</span> displays this argument while your program |
| continues to stop inside that function. When it stops elsewhere—where |
| there is no variable <code>last_char</code>—the display is disabled |
| automatically. The next time your program stops where <code>last_char</code> |
| is meaningful, you can enable the display expression once again. |
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