Print in Python? NOT OUT!

Developers
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Opening old graphs in R23 you get information to tell you that Python has been upgraded.

Reading through the info I notice it mentions print statements.

When would you use a print statement in Dynamo Python?

I am talking about print, not OUT.

Print doesn’t work in Dynamo like it does in pure Python.
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@Alien ,

at least there is no error :wink:

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Hahah!!
But what is is for?!

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@Alien ,

i do not use print at all.

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Me neither. Hence my question :laughing:

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In Dynamo for Revit you use TaskDialog to prompt something for the user:

import clr
import sys
sys.path.append('C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib')
clr.AddReference("RevitAPIUI")
import Autodesk 
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import (TaskDialog, TaskDialogCommonButtons,
								TaskDialogCommandLinkId, TaskDialogResult)

title = 'Task Dialog Title'
dialog = TaskDialog(title)

# Properties
dialog.MainInstruction = 'Text Header'
dialog.MainContent = 'Text Content'
dialog.FooterText = 'Footer Text'
dialog.VerificationText = 'Verification Text'
# dialog.ExpandedContent = expanded_content

# Settings
dialog.TitleAutoPrefix = False
dialog.AllowCancellation = True

# Add Button
dialog.CommonButtons = TaskDialogCommonButtons.Ok | TaskDialogCommonButtons.Yes

# Set Default Button
dialog.DefaultButton = TaskDialogResult.None

# Add Command Link
dialog.AddCommandLink(TaskDialogCommandLinkId.CommandLink1,
					  'Command Button Text',
					  'Command Button Sub Text')
dialog.AddCommandLink(TaskDialogCommandLinkId.CommandLink2,
					  'Command Button Text 2',
					  'Command Button Sub Text 2')

result = dialog.Show()

if result == TaskDialogResult.Ok:
	print('Dialog was OK')
if result == TaskDialogResult.Yes:
	print('Dialog was Yes')
if result == TaskDialogResult.Cancel:
	print('Dialog was Cancelled')
if result == TaskDialogResult.CommandLink1:
	print('Button Was Pressed')
if result == TaskDialogResult.CommandLink2:
	print('Button 2 Was Pressed')
if dialog.WasVerificationChecked():
	print('Verification was Checked')
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ooo, didn’t know you could do that. Thanks :slight_smile:

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The print() statement goes to the console in Dynamo - useful when you need to check things in loops :slight_smile:

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Other uses I have found with it:

  • When you need to debug something but don’t want to break a larger workflow by changing the out value.
  • When you want a way to ensure there is a log of the failure but do t want to build a logging system, as the entirety of the console is saved for each session. (Think try/ except where the except instead of returning the value to Dynamo prints it to the console/log)
  • When you want to use the same code in a non-Dynamo Python engine.
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I’m in R21 mainly… and that doesn’t seem to work for me.
Is it just for R23?

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To think of all the time I’ve spent removing the word print from real python stuff when putting it in Dyno!

And shoving in a load of, TEST lists to check my outputs.

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In Dynamo for Revit go to View and check Show Console the Shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+Up

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I’m not having issues accessing the console…
My console does not display those items.

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I believe you need to be in a newer version.

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We introduced this feature in Dynamo 2.8 - as per the Release Notes on the Github Wiki :slight_smile:

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Wait, you expect people to read stuff? :expressionless:

Srsly though, good to know! I’ll keep a look out when I use new Dyno :slight_smile:
Am still struggling with the new look and the search box moving tho :frowning:

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:nerd_face: :face_with_monocle: :grimacing: :roll_eyes: :face_with_diagonal_mouth: :sweat_smile:

I’m curious about your thoughts on the Search Box moving: Do you mean the Right-click search or Library? Or other? Theoretically the former two should be in the same place, just graphically different.

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You sound like the majority of my coworkers. :laughing:

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^^ This one.

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FYI, if you really need this, we can redirect the stdout to the OUT variable with an in-memory file-like object

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import sys
if sys.version_info.major >= 3 :
    from io import StringIO    
else:
    from cStringIO import StringIO
sys.stdout = StringIO()

alphabet = [chr(i) for i in range(ord('a'),ord('z')+1)]
def funtest():
    global dict_
    for numb, alpha in zip(range(1,60,1), alphabet):
        dict_[numb] = alpha
dict_ = {}
print("Start Test")
funtest()
print(dict_)
print("End Test")
sys.stdout.seek(0)
OUT =  sys.stdout.read()
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