<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Adding expressions</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <div role="main"><h1>Adding expressions</h1> <p>You can add and view expressions in the Expressions view. The Expressions view is part of the Debug perspective.</p> <p>To add an expression:</p> <ol> <li>Select <strong>Add Watch Expression</strong> in the context menu of the Expressions view.</li> <li>Type the expression that you want to evaluate. For example, (x-5)*3 .</li> <li><p>Click <strong>OK</strong>.</p><p>The expression and its value appear in the Expressions view. When the execution of a program is suspended, all expressions are reevaluated.</p></li> </ol> <p><img src="../images/ngconcepts.gif" ALT="Related concepts" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_over_cdt.htm">C/C++ Development perspective</a><br> </p> <p><img src="../images/ngtasks.gif" ALT="Related tasks" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="cdt_o_debug.htm">Debugging</a></p> <p><img src="../images/ngref.gif" ALT="Related reference" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../reference/cdt_o_dbg_view.htm">Debug views</a></p> <img src="../images/ng00_04a.gif" ALT="IBM Copyright Statement" > </div></body> </html>