How to debug C code with GDB in VSCode (Linux)

1. Check gdb command
2. Install VSCode C/C++ extension and reload editor
3. Create debug configuration and set executable path
4. Set breakpoints in your code
5. Debug it!

[Qemuel]

ive been searching for a while and i got no clue why this video helped me but now its working and im only 3 minutes into the video xd

[diversiones]

thank you so much.

i had to add this command line in the launch.json file


"miDebuggerPath": "C:/Program Files (x86)/mingw-w64/i686-8.1.0-posix-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0/mingw32/bin/gdb.exe",

[rishabhsonkar]

Bro how to debug user input c code in vs code my vs code debugger stop at scanf function and then nothing happened ..then i need to close the debugger and run again but same it doesn't respond to scanf function where should i give input in deugger

[deeppatel]

The video is great but add voice to it so that you can grab more subscribers

[hamidnajafi]

so in the debug mode, where does printf output go?

[menachemporter]

Any way to watch function return value? Very useful for evaluating recursive functions

[Utshaw]

what is the variable for getting the folder name where my .c file resides. I have some folders inside my workspaceFolder and I've kept my source files inside them