shorthand for print_debug(str( "a" , "b"))

jackhen

I would like to write a method that takes in 2 values, converts them both to strings, and prints them with the location that the method was called from. I plan on defining this method in a parent script, and using it in the scripts that extend the parent. I would also like to be able to get the location that it was called from (in the child script) and print that too, like print debug does. can anyone help me do this? I dont know how to get location of code that called the method instead of the location where the function is defined.

TwistedTwigleg

I'm not sure you can get the location of the code that called the print function in GDScript. You can user a helper function to convert the two variables though, making it at least a little more short-hand like (untested):

func convert_two_variables_to_string(var_a, var_b):
	return str(var_a) + " " + str(var_b)

# then you can use it like:
print_debug(10, "ten")

Another thing you can do, is manually pass the location of the code in the function you use to print the message, but I'm not sure it would really be any shorter.

cybereality

Yes, you can do this with this code (instead of text, do the 2 variable code like @TwistedTwigleg shows).

func debug(text):
	var frame = get_stack()[1]
	print("%30s:%-4d %s" % [frame.source.get_file(), frame.line, text])