print()

Displays text in the command line console.

print() is helpful for printing values while debugging. Each call to print() creates a new line of text.

Note: Call print() to print a blank line.

Examples

function setup()
  -- Prints "hello, world" to the console.
  print('hello, world')
end

Syntax

print(contents)

Parameters

Parameter
contents	Any: content to print to the console.

Related

• cursor()
• deltaTime
• describe()
• text()

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