How to monitor the values in a Dictionary in the Excel VBA watch window?
I usually type dict.items
into the immediate window, select it and go Shift+F9 to insert it into the watch window.
Alternatively, here's a one-liner for the immediate window, to list all items:
for each i in dic.Items: debug.Print i: next
I use a recursive function which can be used to display all simple type variables and the contents of all nested dictionaries in the watch window. This produces output in the form:
Fred:rabbit; Tiddles:cat; Fluffy:cat; Food:[1:lettuce; 2:biscuits; ];
where keys and values are separated by ":", items are separated by "; " and nested dictionaries are shown in square brackets.
Public Function DictionaryContents(ByVal dcDictionary, Optional ByVal boolShowKeyIndex As Boolean = False)
Dim Keys
Keys = dcDictionary.Keys
Dim i As Long
Dim stIndex As String
Dim stOutput As String
stOutput = vbNullString
For i = 0 To dcDictionary.Count - 1
If boolShowKeyIndex Then
stIndex = "(" & i & ")"
End If
stOutput = stOutput & Keys(i) & stIndex & ":"
If IsObject(dcDictionary(Keys(i))) Then
stOutput = stOutput & "[" & DictionaryContents(dcDictionary(Keys(i)), boolShowKeyIndex) & "]"
Else
stOutput = stOutput & dcDictionary(Keys(i))
End If
stOutput = stOutput & "; "
Next i
DictionaryContents = stOutput
End Function