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All expressions monitored with this command are displayed according to their
type as follows:
Type
Display Format
Ints
32-bit signed decimal numbers
Longs
32-bit signed decimal numbers
Shorts
16-bit signed decimal numbers
Chars
8 bit characters (unsigned hexadecimal numbers if not
printable)
Pointers
32-bit unsigned numbers
Name of Enumerator constant (enumerator value if
Enums
name not defined)
Arrays
All elements if enough lines, else first element
All members if enough lines, else first element
Structures
Quoted String
Characters surrounded by double quotes (" ")
Hex Byte
8-bit hexadecimal
16-bit hexadecimal
Hex Word
Hex Double Word
32-bit hexadecimal
Float
32-bit floating point
Double
64-bit floating point
If an expression range is displayed, each value within the range is displayed
according to the base type (if one exists). For example, if the variable flags is a
character array, the following command displays 20 characters.
Expression Monitor Value flags+10..+29
Any expression can be type cast to display its value in a different format. For
example, if the variable count is a long value, the following statement causes
count to be displayed as a four character array:
Expression Monitor Value (char[4])&count
If the type of the expression is unknown, it defaults to type byte.
Only 17 lines can be displayed in the data window. By default, a single line is
used to display monitored expressions. If an array is monitored, only the
elements that will fit on one line will be displayed. If a structure is monitored,
only the first member will be displayed. To display an entire array or structure,
a display line range may have to be specified. If all lines in the data window are
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