Inspecting STL containers in Visual Studio debugging

c++, debugging, stl, visual-studio

Solution

For vectors, this thread on the msdn forums has a code snippet for setting a watch on a vector index that might help.

Problem

If I have a `std::vector` or `std::map` variable, and I want to see the contents, it's a big pain to see the nth element while debugging. Is there a plugin, or some trick to making it easier to watch STL container variables while debugging `(VS2003/2005/2008)`?

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