The Local Variable’s default three columns display each variable’s Name, Type and Value at the time that the thread stopped. (You can customize the visible columns in the view, turning on Thread ID and Address, similar to the Data View. See Customizing the Data View for more information.)
For example, in Figure 55, for selected function snore, the local variables display under the associated scope or program block.
Figure 55 – Local Variables display under the associated program block
You can expand and collapse the list of variables in a block by clicking the left arrow next to it in the Local Variables pane:
Displaying information in tooltips:
Placing your cursor over a variable displays its value in a tooltip:
Hovering your cursor over a block displays the file and function in which it appears:
Diving on a complex variable:
Select the right arrow to display the substructures in a complex variable.
Note that you can also dive on a complex variable that you have copied to the Data View.
Editing the value of a variable:
If your data’s value is not what you expect, you can change a variable’s value to test a fix. The new value changes the source code for that session only.
Double-click on the value in the Value column and enter a new value.
For example, this edit changes the value of me from 1 to 2:
Copy a variable definition from the NextGen TotalView for HPC UI to another document by right-clicking on the variable and selecting Copy.
TotalView copies the variable as a tab-separated string so that pasting it into another program results in columns of data delineated by a tab.
