Chapter 3 Debugging Your Code

To prevent any side effects from an expression, just add nse to the end of the expression as seen in Figure 3-35.

Figure 3-35.  Adding nse to the expression to evaluate

This time, the value of the HasSubjects() method remains the same, which means that the state of your class remains unchanged. As you have probably guessed by now, the nse added after the expression stands for “No Side Effects.”

Format Specifiers

Format specifiers allow you to control the format in which a value is displayed in the Watch window. Format specifiers can also be used in the Immediate and Command window. Using a format specifier is as easy as entering the variable expression and typing a comma followed by the format specifier you want to use. The following are the C# format specifiers for the Visual Studio debugger.

ac

Force evaluation of an expression decimal integer

d

Decimal integer

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