Re^2: Neat Debugger tricks

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4. dump a data structure: use Data::Dumper; p Dumper($foo)

Unless you're just sweet on D::D, I prefer

x $foo
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For hashes, this works better:

x \%foo
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Re^3: Neat Debugger tricks by harleypig (Monk) on Jun 07, 2007 at 19:18 UTC
If the output from x (or p) is too long for your screen then prepend the pipe. The output will be piped through less (or whatever 'o pager' is set to) and you can scroll back and forth at your pleasure. harleypig@harleypig ~ $ perl -de 0 Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28 Editor support available. Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help. main::(-e:1): 0 DB<1> o pager? pager = '\|/usr/bin/less' DB<2> \|x \%:: [download] and the output is the same as 'x \%::' but in a less session. Harley J Pig	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Neat Debugger tricks
by harleypig (Monk) on Jun 07, 2007 at 19:18 UTC

harleypig@harleypig ~ $ perl -de 0

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

main::(-e:1):   0

DB<1> o pager?
               pager = '|/usr/bin/less'

DB<2> |x \%::
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