Visualizing Data

Seeing the value of a variable while debugging is useful, and as data structures become more complex, this ability becomes ever more powerful. Unfortunately, sometimes a value is better understood when seen using a manner that is more appropriate for its data type or value. For example, a string containing HTML is certainly more easily understand if the data is viewed as it would appear in a web browser, and a string containing XML is more easily understood when you can visually see the XML structure.

Visual Studio includes five standard visualizers: