IDEA: Evaluate expression

"In addition to Watches, there's also a powerful feature called Evaluate Expression."

"You right-click a variable in the code and select Evaluate Expression in the menu. Or simply press Alt+F8."

"Then a magical window opens where you can calculate the value of any expression:"

"Here's what we get:"

"But I said that you can enter any expression there:"

"Or even this:"

"Or this:"

"You can view all of these variables, and you can see everything they refer to, etc."

"I think that this would be a very handy for large programs."

"Yep. But there's more."

"Want to use program data to execute arbitrary code while the program is running?"

"Wait, you can do that?"

"Sure. The CodeFragmentMode button lets you do that. Click this button to switch to a mode where you can enter entire code fragments that are several lines long."

"Here I used the sum5 variable, called the sum() method, declared a few variables, assigned values to them, and calculated the result of all this."

"What do you think?"

"Personally, I think that's super cool. Especially the ability to perform various actions using the current values of variables like sum5 and sum7. The ability to call methods and create variables means I can do practically anything."

"Yep. It's very cool. You can execute code and write stuff to the console — and it will be displayed! It's fully-functional code. Without any limitations."

"Thanks, Ellie. These have been some very informative and — I won't hesitate to say — most useful lessons ever."