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print()

The print() task can be used to simply print a message to the build output. The task can be mainly used for debugging purposes.

Parameters

The following parameters are used by the task:

ParameterDescription
unnamedRequired message to print to the output and include in the thrown exception.

The message parameter will be converted to a string representation in an implementation dependent way.

Task result

The task has no result. Attempting to use the result will result in a runtime exception.

Example

# print a string
print("Hello world!")
# print a list
print([1, 2, 3])
# print a variable
print($var)