microsoft / microsoft/vscode-java-debug
Cannot watch the value of a 2d array "the type of the expression must be an array type but it resolved to int"
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Description
If you try to watch the value of a 2 dimensional array it will give you "the type of the expression must be an array type but it resolved to int"
Environment
- Operating System: Windows 10
- JDK version: 17.0.2
- Visual Studio Code version: 1.72.2
- Java extension version: v0.25.3
- Java Debugger extension version: v0.45.0
Steps To Reproduce
- Create a static or dynamically allocated 2d array and give it some random values
- Add a breakpoint somewhere
- try to access a specific value of the array in the watch window (ex: array[0][1])
Current Result
Unable to access via watch the value of a 2d array when debugging.
Expected Result
Being able to do that
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