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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
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