Is there a way to get hexadecimal output for watch and variables while debugging?

[cgraig]

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[gregg-miskelly]

Yes, you can evaluate an expression with ,h (for hex) at the end. Example: myVariable,h

Here is the full list: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/visualstudio-docs/blob/master/docs/debugger/format-specifiers-in-csharp.md#format-specifiers

[cgraig]

Great, thank you! Is there any way to apply the expression evaluation as a default for the "locals" variables? I could be misunderstanding but to get a hex view I need to add the variable to my watch window and then apply the ",h" evaluation. Was wondering/hoping there was a way to do this by default for all variables.

Thanks again!

[gregg-miskelly]

Unfortunately VS Code doesn't have any UI to toggle between hex and decimal output. There is a feature request to enable this if you want to go "+1" it -- microsoft/vscode#28025

The one possible work around (besides adding things you want to look at to the watch window and adding the ',h' specifier) -- if you mostly run into this with a particular variable/field/property, you could wrap that variable and a struct like below.

[DebuggerDisplay("{Value,h}")]
struct HexInt
{
    public int Value;
}