How to set conditional breakpoints in Visual Studio?

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

If you came from Google, this answer might be what you are searching for.

1. Click Debug> New BreakPoint > Function Breakpoint

2. there choose the conditional Breakpoint.

Answer 3

Just another way of doing it, (or if you are using express) add the condition in code:

if(yourCondition)
{
    System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
}

Answer 4

1. Set a breakpoint as usual
2. Right click on the breakpoint and select Condition
3. You'll see a dialog that says "Breakpoint Condition"
4. Put a condition in the field e.g. "i==5"

The breakpoint will only get hit when i is 5.

Answer 5

1. Set breakpoint on the line
2. Right clik on RED ball
3. Chose conditioal breakpoint
4. Setup condition

Answer 6

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

1. Set a regular breakpoint.
2. Run the code until the breakpoint is hit for the first time.
3. Use the Immediate Window (Debug > Windows > Immediate) to test your expression.
4. 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")