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The registers view displays the register values of a selected stack frame.
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<h1>Registers view</h1>
<p>The Registers view of the Debug perspective lists information about the registers in a selected stack frame.
Values that have changed are highlighted in the Registers view when your program
stops. The options described below are available when you right-click a register
value.</p>
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<dt>Change Register Value</dt>
<dd>Specifies a register value.</dd>
<dt>Format</dt>
<dd>Displays register values, in Natural, Decimal, or Hexadecimal number
systems.</dd>
<dt>Show Type Names</dt>
<dd>Displays the type, (such as <b>int</b>) beside each register value.</dd>
<dt>Auto-Refresh</dt>
<dd>Updates the registers list each time execution stops.</dd>
<dt>Refresh</dt>
<dd>Updates the registers list.</dd>
<dt>Display as Array</dt>
<dd>Displays a selected register as an array of a specified length and index.
This option is only applicable to pointers.</dd>
<dt>Cast To Type</dt>
<dd>Casts a register value to a different type.</dd>
<dt>Restore to Original Type</dt>
<dd>Restores a register value to its original type.</dd>
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