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put

Syntax

put expression

Description

Command; evaluates the expression specified by expression and displays the result in the Message window. This command can be used as a debugging tool by tracking the values of variables as a movie plays.

The Director player for Java displays the message from the put command in the browser's Java console window. Access to the console window depends on the browser.

Example

This statement displays the time in the Message window:

put the time
-- "9:10 AM"

Example

This statement displays the value assigned to the variable bid in the Message window:

put bid

-- "Johnson"

See also

put...after, put...before, put...into