gdb and inherited classes

[Edgar Dollin]

If you are running the debugger and need to see the value of a class member
from a derived class, what is the syntax to either print or display the
value?

The ptype command, doesn't include the inherited data.

        ptype <class variable name> 

The call command, returns 'Couldn't find method (null)text'

        call <class variable name>.<member function>()

Thanks for any your help you can provide.