Apparatus and method for manipulating variable states
View Patent ↗The invention includes a computer readable storage medium with executable instructions to run a segment of code and identify associated variables. The segment of code is stopped at a predetermined breakpoint and state values that correspond to the associated variables are identified. A variable is selected from the associated variables via a Graphical User Interface, where the selected variable has a variable state. The variable state is saved to a data store via the Graphical User Interface.
1. A computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:
run a segment of code;
identify a plurality of variables that are associated with the segment of code;
stop the segment of code at a predetermined breakpoint;
identify a plurality of current state values that correspond to the plurality of variables associated with the predetermined breakpoint;
accept a selected variable from the plurality of variables via a first interaction with a Graphical User Interface;
accept a saved variable state from a data source, wherein the saved variable state comprises a set of saved state values corresponding to a state of a previously run segment of code;
trigger an operation selected from replacing a current state value in the plurality of current state values and comparing a current state value in the plurality of current state values, wherein:
the current state value for the selected variable is replaced with the corresponding saved state value when the operation of replacing is selected:
the current state values that correspond to the saved state values are displayed adjacent to each other, when the operation of comparing is selected, wherein the display is in a single panel or in separate panels; and
the operation is triggered via a second interaction with the Graphical User Interface; and
the first interaction with the Graphical User Interface and the second interaction with the Graphical User Interface constitute a single interaction with the Graphical User Interface.
2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the data source is selected from one or more of a default value and a user input.
3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions to trigger include executable instructions to trigger a user notification when the selected variable does not correspond to one of the set of saved state values.
4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein a the first interaction with the Graphical User Interface and the second interaction with the Graphical User Interface are selected from at least one of a right-click menu selection, a drag-and-drop and a hotkey press.