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Re: Re: debugging

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• Subject: [mg56726] Re: [mg56716] Re: [mg56676] debugging
• From: "Hermann Schmitt" <schmitther at t-online.de>
• Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 06:01:10 -0400 (EDT)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg56726] [mg56716] Re: [mg56676] debugging


> Do you mean it wasn't an error that referenced a line number? Some
> errors in Mathematica do come with line numbers; I thought you had one
> of those kind and were just looking for a way to display line numbers.
>
In my case a line number was displayed, but it was not correct.
The error was caused by ToExpression[] and I have many those statements in
my program, therefore the program name did not help.
I think, that the following statement helps very much, because the program
stops at the statemetn in error.
$MessagePrePrint = (Print["Error -> Quit"]; Quit[])&;
> You could add your own type checking/debugging code that will produce
> its own warning messages. That would help you locate the problem.
>
> I usually start from the name of the function that produces an error
> and tear my function apart, call by call, until I find the step
> between which the output went from good to bad.
>
> You may find ctrl+shift+b useful for this. You may also wish to make
> use of the Interrupt[] , Abort[] and Throw/Catch calls.
>
> On 5/3/05, Daniel Roy <droy at mit.edu> wrote:
> > There are no line numbers in the reported bugs, of course.
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 13:10 -0400, Chris Chiasson wrote:
> > > You could load the code into the vi editor (or your favorite text
> > > editor) and turn on the line numbers.
> > >
> > > On 5/3/05, Daniel Roy <droy at mit.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My question concerns debugging.  I've done googling to find a quick
> > > > answer but have failed.  I'm developming large functions and without
> > > > line numbers telling me where the errors occurred, its becoming very
> > > > difficult to develop code quickly.  Can anyone point me in the right
> > > > direction in terms of debugging multi line  (at least 50+ lines)
> > > > functions?
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > dan
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Chris Chiasson
> http://chrischiasson.com/
> 1 (810) 265-3161
>

• References:
  • debugging
    • From: Daniel Roy <droy@mit.edu>
  • Re: debugging
    • From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson@gmail.com>