Breakpoints

Run | View Breakpoints
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Breakpoint options

Use the toolbar buttons to add or remove breakpoints, and group them by package, file or class.

The options depend on the selected breakpoint type:

Option	Description	Types of breakpoints
Enabled	Select this option to enable breakpoints. If a breakpoint is disabled, PyCharm Edu will skip it during the debugging process.
Suspend	Select this checkbox to suspend program when a breakpoint is hit. If the checkbox is not selected, the program is not suspended.	All types
Condition	Select this checkbox and specify a condition for hitting the breakpoint. A condition is a Boolean expression. This expression should be valid at the line where the breakpoint is set, and is evaluated every time the breakpoint is reached. If the evaluation result is `true`, user-selected actions are performed. If the result is `false`, the breakpoint does not produce any effect. If the Debugger cannot evaluate the expression, it displays the Condition evaluation error message. You can select whether you would like to stop at this breakpoint or ignore it.	All types
Log to console	Select if you want to log the following events to console: "Breakpoint hit" message: a log message will be displayed in the console output when this breakpoint is hit. Stacktrace: this breakpoint's stacktrace will be print to console when it's hit. This is useful if you want to check which paths have lead to the given point without stopping the program's execution.	All types
Evaluate and log	Select this checkbox if you wish to evaluate a certain expression at this breakpoint and to export the result to the console output. Press `Shift+Enter` to open the multiline editor. If the expression to be evaluated is incorrect when a particular breakpoint is reached, the console output displays an error message: `Unable to evaluate expression <your_expression>`	Line breakpoints
Remove once hit	Select if you want the breakpoint to be deleted after it was hit.	All types
Disable until breakpoint is hit	From the drop-down list, select the breakpoint in question. The None option corresponds to the always enabled breakpoint. Besides that, you can also choose the behavior of this breakpoint, when the selected one is hit: Disable again Leave enabled	All types

Context menu commands

Command	Description
Move to group	Point to this command to move the selected breakpoint to a new group, to one of the existing groups (`<group name>`), or out of a group (`<no group>`).
Edit description	Choose this command to enter or change description of a breakpoint.

Speed search of a breakpoint

To find a particular breakpoint

Start typing address or description of the target breakpoint.
PyCharm Edu highlights the line with the matching address or description.

Last modified: 23 July 2018

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