Conditional breakpoint not working

Question

The above code has a conditional breakpoint set at its bottom line in yellow followed by the Breakpoint Settings dialog which should work with: item.Value == "aday"

However I get the below error, I have searched online for this and can't find any reason why this should fail. Im using VS 2015 Pro.

EDIT- Thank you for pointing out the obvious error on my part, I do normally code in C#. But now using a single '=' I get this??????? I assume that I it equates to an assignment, and adding parenthesis didn't help either?

Languish

Use .Equals() instead of =/==. – Rexfourd

One additional hint: conditional breakpoints tend to have a bad performance. Use If item.Value = "aday" Then Debugger.Break() instead like shown here – Olav

@Rexfourd I got an error with .equals I'm afraid, not sure but possibly because Im in strict mode. If I add a code breakpoint like my below answer then it works fine, thank you very much – Languish

@AndrewDay were you able to solve this ? I am using C# and I get your second error => "The breakpoint condition must evaluate to a boolean operation". My condition is "myVar != null" and it fails :( – Theocrasy

@Theocrasy My solution is at the bottom, I have marked it as correct now. Thanks – Languish

Answer 1

If item.Value.Equals("aday") Then 'Temp If please remove
                    Debugger.Break()
                end if

Works in strict mode.

Languish

Answer 2

Just tested with a sample VB.NET project.
The problem is the ==. This is C# syntax but since you have a VB.NET application you should use a single equal

item.Value = "aday" 

(I have always something new to learn from SO)

Translocation

Answer 3

I am using the C# in Visual Studio 2017.

After search in an hour, conclusion was:

rewrite the conditional expression from:

item.Value == "aday"

to:

item != null && item.Value == "aday"

MAKE SURE item was not null. so that you can refer to field of value with item.Value

Puglia