Debugging - Mastering Unity Scripting - page 83

Debugging with MonoDevelop - the
Immediate window
For games, the Immediate window acts like the Console window, as found in many
first-person shooter games such as Unreal , Half Life , or Call of Duty . The Immediate
window is docked by default in the bottom-right corner of the MonoDevelop interface.
It becomes active in the break mode. Using it, we can enter expressions and statements
that are evaluated immediately as though they were part of the source code for this
step. We can get and set the values for active variables as well as perform additional
operations. We can write any valid expression, such as 2+2 and 10*5 . The result of
these expressions is output in the next line in the Immediate window, as shown here:
Evaluating expressions inside the Immediate window
Of course, you're not simply restricted to writing isolated statements that involve
basic arithmetical operations, such as addition and subtraction. You can write full
expressions that include active variables:
Writing more advanced expressions in the Immediate window
Overall, the Immediate window is especially useful to test code, write alternative
scenarios in the Immediate window, and see how they evaluate.