What is the use of Interactive Console in Eclipse (Debug view)

Question

Some threads asked how to use the \"Interactive Console\" in Eclipse since you cannot type anything in this console.

Some suggested you can \"Display view\" to execute c

Answer 1

EARLIER ANSWER (accepted but not correct) :

The interactive console allows you to execute some extra code, while debugging, when stopped at via a `breakpoint`.

This is a really beneficial feature when you are debugging and suddenly want to change the value of variable, execute a sysout or some utility function. 

FOR Correct Answer look at the answer below by @mmey.