debugbreak-and-debugbreak.md

title	DebugBreak and __debugbreak
description	Learn how to use the DebugBreak function and the __debugbreak intrinsic to cause your program to break, just as though a breakpoint were set.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	DebugBreak
dev_langs	CSharp VB FSharp C++
helpviewer_keywords	debugging [C++], DebugBreak function DebugBreak function breakpoints, DebugBreak function
author	mikejo5000
ms.author	mikejo
ms.subservice	debug-diagnostics

DebugBreak and __debugbreak

You can call the DebugBreak Win32 function or the __debugbreak intrinsic at any point in your code. DebugBreak and __debugbreak have the same effect as setting a breakpoint at that location.

Because DebugBreak is a call to a system function, system debug symbols must be installed to ensure the correct call stack information is displayed after breaking. Otherwise, the call stack information displayed by the debugger may be off by one frame. If you use __debugbreak, symbols are not required.

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