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From: Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
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Subject: Re: printing a string
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Dave Korn wrote:
> On 08 January 2008 06:06, ranjith kumar wrote:
> 
>> I know that a variable can be print in gdb by
>> "print var".
>>
>> But how to print a string???
> 
>   "print" will display a string, if you're printing a variable of type "char
> *", or a std::string.
> 
>   Or you can use "x" (examine) with the "/s" modifier if you just have a
> memory address.

Or, if your string is to long, or x/s is too ugly:

   printf "%s\n", mystring

Andrew