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Log: Combine strings and variables

Hi Guys,

Quick question on the log object.

For example in C
int x = 10;
printf("The value is %d",x)

In Java
int x = 10;
log.info("The value is "+x);

How would I do some thing similar by using the log object. Currently I am writing
log.info("The value is ")
log.info(x)

which becomes very annoying

3 responses

Hi,

The string object in python has a format method:

log.info("The value is {foo} and I want {bar}".format(foo=x, bar=y))  

thanks,
fawce

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Hello Abhishek,

This should also work:

log.info(' Price: ' + str(price))  

Grant

Thanks guys appreciate it

Grant very cool trick