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# Examining Variables

While the model is suspended, you can inspect its data using the Variables section in the Debugger sidebar.

The variables section contains the following entries:

- An entry for each local variable defined in the current subroutine - by navigating through the call stack, the local variables will adapt accordingly
  - If the current statement is not within a subroutine, no local variables are available. Any variables in nested scopes will be listed as local variables if they are used in the local scope.
- Global symbols

  Expand this entry to see variables that are declared at the top level of the module.

- If there is a local variable called 'self', for example the Insight app object, then this object's properties can be inspected.

The Variables section shows the name, type, and value of each variable. For structured Python entities, a string representation similar to output of 'repr()' function is shown. For some entities of the xpressinsight Python package with tabular data such as in DataFrames, the variables can be expanded.

To expand a variable, click the arrow to the left of its name.
The entries within the data structure appears.
Parent Topic Debugging Python Models

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