Output Formats (Debugging with GDB)By default, GDB prints a value according to its data type. Sometimes this is not what you want. For example, you might want to print a number in hex, or …

May 9, 2017 · If you want the memory address of variable c, p&c would get the addre ss. What makes you think that 0x00000000004004 is memory address oc c? That address looks more …

Compatibility with VisualGDB You can use the x command normally using the GDB Session window in Visual Studio. See also Expression evaluating commands , display , print , set print …

Fortunately, gdb provides another command for examining the contents of memory directly—that is, the actual bit patterns. In order to use this command, we need to determine the actual …

Print as an address, both absolute in hexadecimal and as an offset from the nearest preceding symbol. You can use this format used to discover where (in what function) an unknown …

The default for addr is usually just after the last address examined--but several other commands also set the default address: info breakpoints (to the address of the last breakpoint listed), info …

Within GDB and this document, the term addressable memory unit (or memory unit for short) is used when explicitly referring to a chunk of data of that size. The word byte is used to refer to …

x/100bx 0x12345678 — print out 100 bytes of memory starting at address 0x12345678, as a sequence of 1-byte hexadecimal numbers x/2gx 0x12345678 — print out 16 bytes of memory …