Lost print() statements

Beginners
1

I have a bevy of print() statements throughout my Script DATs, Parameter Execute DATs, etc. Is there a holistic way to figure out wherefrom something is printed on the console? cmd-f only seems to search node names.

2

Hi,

The debug() function prints to the console and cites the place where it was issued (ie: the DAT, function and line number)

See Also:
Debug Module

edited: grammar issues

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3

Yeah, gonna use that from now on! I did find the tscript find command which does let you search through the entire operators so I was able to track all my print()'s down.

4

Oh,

if you want to search through all the DATs in your project for a string you can use (working from memory here, sorry for errors):

for dat in op('/').findChildren(type=DAT):
    line = 1
 	for l in dat.text.split('\n'):
 		if 'print()' in l:
 			print(dat.path,' ',line)
 		line+=1

edit: nevermind all that @snaut 's is way better

5

Hello @flowb and @antoinedurr,

just to add to it:

there is also the OP Find DAT with the ability to specify the search string on the DAT Text parameter. (just make sure to enclose it with *: *print(*)

Otherwise also the Search/Replace Dialog might come in handy which you can find under Edit>Search/Replace. (Alt+s)

cheers
Markus

6

Another quick option is to stick with findChildren:

root.findChildren(text='print(')

But this won’t give you the line numbers as the other solutions

7

Great options, thanks!