Is there a Variable Explorer for PyCharm

Question

I recently changed from Spyder to PyCharm as a Python IDE. In Spyder I have often used the variable explorer feature (see picture). Is

Answer 1

If you want to inspect variables that contain arrays or datasets, like Spyder and see them as a nice table, you can do bellow :

1- Put a breakpoint after the variable that you like to inspect ( in my case, it's dataset) :

2- Run the debugger ( the little bug on the top-right side of pyCharm).

The debugger will then stop on the line and you'll see something like below in your debugger window at the bottom of the pyCharm.

3- Right click on the variable and select View As DataFrame

4- You then will be presented by a nice table like below :

Answer 2

If you want to view the complete dataset or an array do this:

1. Go to python console in pycharm
2. On the right usually, in the special variables tab, scroll down and find your data frame or csv you want to visualize.
3. Right click on the data frame/dataset and see for the option view as array/data frame.
4. There you go, you can see a tab opened containing your data.

Answer 3

PyCharm has SciView for exploring variables in almost exactly the same manner as Spyder. Simply execute the selection or cell in console, then click View as Array in the Special Variable pane. Special Variable Pane

Answer 4

For your second question: you can also select your code and press shift + alt + E to run a part of your script on to the python console

Answer 5

Step 1. Make a breakpoint by pressing on the right of the line numbers. Step 2. Click the debug button or right click then debug Step 3. Press the button above the settings button in the console to view the variables Step 4. Double click the variable of what you want to check the values. You can also right click that particular variable and view it as a dataframe.