Type Function Library (globals) Return value none Revision Release 2024.3703 Keywords print, write, console See also io.write()
Receives any number of arguments and prints their values to stdout in the Corona Simulator Console, Xcode, ADB, etc. print() is not intended for formatted output, but rather as a quick way to show a value, typically for debugging. For formatted output, use string.format.
If you are concatenating potentially nil values for output, convert them to strings using the tostring() function:
local nilValue = nil print( "Value: " .. tostring(nilValue) )
print( [...] )
Number or String. The text to output to stdout (generally the Corona Simulator Console). This function will append a newline character (\n) to the end of the final output string.
In the Corona Simulator Console, a string output via print() can be highlighted as a “warning” or “error” by prefixing it with WARNING: or ERROR: respectively. For example:
print( "WARNING: " .. "This is a warning!" ) print( "ERROR: " .. "This is an error!" )
WARNING: This is a warning!
ERROR: This is an error!
print( "Hello world!" ) -- OUTPUT: Hello world!