How do you watch or evaluate an expression in xcode like visual studio's immediate window?

Question

In MS visual studio we just right click add watch.

How does one do this in Xcode?

Answer 1

Gabe's answer is almost there but missing one crucial detail: Select Debugger Output . By default the bottom option is set to Target Output, so the po command doesn't show you anything.

Here is a sandwich app from a tutorial I'm debugging:

Being an xcode newbie and coming from a MS Visual Studio Background, I wanted exactly what the OP was looking for. While playing around from reading Gabe's answer I selected Debugger Output and got what I wanted.