using ipdb to debug python code in one cell (jupyter or Ipython)

Question

I\'m using jupyter (or Ipython) notebook with firefox, and want to debug some python code in the cell. I am using \'import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()\' as kind of breakpoint, fo

Answer 1

Had this problem also and it seems to be related to versions of jupyter and ipdb.

Solution is to use this instead of the ipdb library set_trace call:

from IPython.core.debugger import Tracer
Tracer()() #this one triggers the debugger

Source: http://devmartin.com/blog/2014/10/trigger-ipdb-within-ipython-notebook/

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