Examine raw memory

Show Memory View

1. In the Variables tab of the Debug tool window, select the desired variable.

2. Press ⌃ ⏎ or choose Show in Memory View from the variable's context menu:

   

3. The Memory View window initially shows a 256-byte region that starts from the chosen address, with higher memory addresses at the bottom of the window. When you then invoke Memory View for other variables, they are highlighted in the same window, and the region is extended to show more addresses if necessary.

   Use the context menu of the left column to hide/show or copy the addresses:

   

   The right-hand column displays the ASCII character equivalents of the memory values.

4. When you step through the code, AppCode highlights the changes that happen in the currently shown memory region:

   

   Gif

Open memory view in the editor

1. Use the button on the toolbar to open the memory view in the editor.

2. This way, you can open two independent memory windows, in the Debug tool window and in the editor:

   

Go to address

• Use the Go to field of the Memory View window to jump to a particular address. You can enter the address directly as a hex number, specify a pointer variable or an expression evaluating to a pointer, or use the address of operator & to get the address of any variable.

  Code completion in this field helps in choosing from the known symbols: