How to set conditional breakpoints in Visual Studio

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Is there an easy way to set conditional breakpoints in Visual Studio   If I want to hit a breakpoint only when the value of a variable becomes something  how can I do it

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Writing the actual condition can be the tricky part, so I tend to

Set a regular breakpoint.
Run the code until the breakpoint is hit for the first time.
Use the Immediate Window (Debug > Windows > Immediate) to test your expression.
Right-click the breakpoint, click Condition and paste in your expression.

Advantages of using the Immediate window:

It has IntelliSense.
You can be sure that the variables in the expression are in scope when the expression is evaluated.
You can be sure your expression returns true or false.

This example breaks when the code is referring to a table with the name "Setting":

table.GetTableName().Contains("Setting")

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Set a breakpoint as usual  Right-click on the breakpoint marker Click  Condition     Write a condition  you may use variable names Select either  Is True  or  Has Changed

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Set a breakpoint as usual  Right click it  Click Condition

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Create a conditional function breakpoint    In the Breakpoints window  click New to create a new breakpoint  On the Function tab  type Reverse for Function  Type 1 for Line  type 1 for Character  and then set Language to Basic  Click Condition and make sure that the Condition checkbox is selected  Type instr length  gt  0 for Condition  make sure that the is true option is selected  and then click OK  In the New Breakpoint dialog box  click OK  On the Debug menu  click Start

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Visual Studio provides lots of options for conditional breakpoints   To set any of these you    Set a breakpoint  Right-Click over the breakpoint  and in the popup menu you select an option that suites you     These options are as follows    You can set a condition  based on a code expression that you supply  select Condition from the popup menu   For instance  you can specify that foo    8 or some other expression  You can make breakpoints trigger after they have been hit a certain number of times   select Hit Count from the popup menu   This is a fun option to play with as you actually aren t limited to breaking on a certain hit count  but you have options for a few other scenarios as well  I ll leave it to you to explore the possibilities  You can Set filters on the Process ID  thread ID  and machine name  select Filter from the popup menu

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Set the breakpoint as you do normally  right click the break point and select condion option and sets your condition

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On Visual Studio 6 0  Alt F9

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Just another way of doing it   or if you are using express  add the condition in code   if yourCondition        System Diagnostics Debugger Break

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Create a breakpoint as you normally would  right click the red dot and select  condition

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Set breakpoint on the line Right clik on RED ball Chose conditioal breakpoint Setup condition

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When you are using Express edition you can try this    if DEBUG     if  fooVariable    true           System Diagnostics Debugger Break     endif   if statement makes sure that in release build breakepoint will not be present

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If you came from Google  this answer might be what you are searching for   Click Debug gt  New BreakPoint  gt  Function Breakpoint   there choose the conditional Breakpoint

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Set a breakpoint as usual Right click on the breakpoint and select Condition You ll see a dialog that says  Breakpoint Condition  Put a condition in the field e g   i  5     The breakpoint will only get hit when i is 5

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