How to iterate a loop a certain number of times when debugging in Visual Studio?

Question

Visual Studio allows debugging line by line, or to jump straight to anywhere using a breakpoint.
But for example:

for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
{
    //DO SOMETHING HERE
}

How can I jump immediately to 500th iteration of the loop?

The fastest I have found so far was to:

• set a breakpoint at the begin of the loop, and
• then press F5 multiple times.

I'm using Visual Studio 2019.

Laddy

Possible duplicate of How to set conditional breakpoints in Visual Studio? – Sheldonshelduck

Answer 1

You are looking for a conditional breakpoint that has been already covered few times on StackOverflow.

Here is answer for your loop-specific problem:

1. Click on the gear button...

2. Setup your condition

Another possible solution

for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
{
    #if DEBUG
        if( i == 500)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
        }
    #endif
}

Sheldonshelduck