printing a string

Jim Blandy jimb@codesourcery.com
Wed Jan 9 22:29:00 GMT 2008


Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs at st.com> writes:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 08 January 2008 06:06, ranjith kumar wrote:
>>
>>> I know that a variable can be print in gdb by
>>> "print var".
>>>
>>> But how to print a string???
>>
>>   "print" will display a string, if you're printing a variable of type "char
>> *", or a std::string.
>>
>>   Or you can use "x" (examine) with the "/s" modifier if you just have a
>> memory address.
>
> Or, if your string is to long, or x/s is too ugly:
>
>   printf "%s\n", mystring

(Not 'set print elements'?)



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