Filter a list of objects during debugging in Visual Studio 2013

Question

I have a List<Student> which contains lets say 500 students. When I enter debug mode on a breakpoint, is there a way to filter / search for a student?

I do not want to write code for this check, as shown below:

 List<Student> students = data.GetStudents(); //break here and filter for student in debug mode var myStudent = students.Where(k=>k.StudentNumber=="S12312"); 

Is it impossible to do this in Visual Studio 2013, I think it will be a great opportunity to add ...

Answer 1

Read this post debugging feature, which is now supported by visual studio 2015: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/11/12/support-for-debugging-lambda-expressions-with-visual-studio -2015.aspx

Mark the debugging option as follows: http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-45-92-metablogapi/0882.image_5F00_thumb_5F00_13C96B25.png

Answer 2

You can use the third-party OzCode debugging tool (disclaimer: I work for the company that does this, although I am not working on the product myself).

It extends the QuickWatch debug window to allow searching within an object, searching for strings and values ​​in all properties of an object. This is not a complete lambda, but it allows you to run a search on several levels to find the value:

Answer 3

You must install VS 2015 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/11/12/support-for-debugging-lambda-expressions-with-visual-studio-2015.aspx

In older versions, this is not supported.