Lecture 18: May 15, 2023

Reading: zyBooks text, §2.21, 5.8, 10.4
Assignments: Homework 3 and Extra Credit 3, due May 25

1. Announcements
   1. We haven’t graded the midterms yet

2. Static debugging
   1. How to narrow down where the problem is using printf [sample1.c, sample2.c]
   2. Handle multiple bugs [sample3.c]

3. Dynamic debugging with gdb [sample1.c, sample2.c, sample3.c, nfact2.c]
   1. Bringing a program into gdb
   2. Breakpoints, conditions, commands
   3. Stepping through it
   4. Printing values
   5. Watchpoints

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ECS 36A, Programming & Problem Solving Version of May 22, 2023 at 11:47AM

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