Editing code in Visual Studio 2008 in debug mode

Question

I am curious to know if there is a way to edit code in C# VS 2008 right when it has hit a breakpoint and I am walking thru the code... can I modify the code (such as the value i

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can I modify the code (such as the value in a variable or if my stepthrough line is about to hit an if statement ... can I modify the if statement....etc)?

You cannot pop a new value into a variable directly, but what you can do is this:

1. Set a breakpoint
2. When that breakpoint is hit, click on the arrow in the left margin and drag it up to a previous line
3. Now you can add code to change the circumstances (for example, you can set a variable to a new value, add/remove items from a collection, etc.)

See the other answers about enabling Edit & Continue -- in particular, make sure you're in Debug mode.